Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the first question, one area that the honourable senator would be aware of, I assume, is that Comcare has now, to use a term, inherited certain asbestos claims and those need to be dealt with. In relation to limiting the regulation-making power, the simple fact is that, if this place or the other place believes that the government is overextending itself or making regulations that are inappropriate, the mechanism of a disallowance motion is always available in either place and therefore there is parliamentary scrutiny in any event of the regulations that may come into force in the future.