Chris Ellison (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

The data that I mentioned, which will be collected by the department, would be available to the Senate through normal inquiry. Senate estimates would be the primary place to ask for that. The minister could be asked as well. It will be open to scrutiny. We have the Aged Care Advisory Committee, which has been publicly established. It is not something which is being hidden from view. As well as that, you have the various police forces around the country—they are not part of the federal government—and they too will no doubt have their views about how this is being complied with. Senators who are interested would also be able to obtain from the various state governments the police point of view as to how this is being carried out.