Senate debates
Tuesday, 14 August 2007
SOCIAL SECURITY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (WELFARE PAYMENT REFORM) BILL 2007; NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE BILL 2007; FAMILIES, COMMUNITY SERVICES AND INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (NORTHERN TERRITORY NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND OTHER MEASURES) BILL 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
9:54 pm
Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source
All I can provide for you, Senator, is that when we asked for the outcome you indicated, we said, ‘We’d like to provide compensation on just terms.’ These are not just a bunch of dodgy drafting people. I have been informed that the modern use—probably over the last nine years—in all of the applications is the term that is referred to in front of you. I do not need to table advice. The advice is the exact words that are used in the legislation.
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