Lyn Allison (Victoria, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

With respect, Minister, that does not make any sense. Here we have a regime for protecting people who report, and you are saying that we are going to monitor to see whether there is a disproportionate number of reports and, if there is, we will know that there is something wrong and we might need to extend it. I have misunderstood what you said earlier, obviously. Let us choose one of the offences that does not appear to be spelt out in the bill—neglect. Does the bill cover someone who persistently and regularly neglects a person in residential aged care? Does that constitute a reportable assault?