Ian Campbell (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for the Environment and Heritage) Share this | Hansard source

The inspector is working very effectively on a part-time basis now. If the workload demands that he or a future inspector—who may in fact be a she—needs to work on a full-time basis, the legislation provides for that as well. Labor is saying, ‘Make sure you have a full-time person on full pay,’ when you actually do not need that. We are saying, ‘Let’s be flexible.’ Legislation as it is coined is appropriate.