Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

This is incredible! I know all that. Is the government giving one citizen the ability to impugn someone, without any evidence and without any responsibility, and fine that person more than $3,000 because that person did not do what they wanted them to? That is not justice; that is flouting Australian law and the justice system as we know it. Surely there is a mistake here. Who is this secretary going to be? What is the evidence that they require under this section? Where is the reference to the requirements that must be met under this section before they have the ability to hand out fines of 30 penalty units to fellow citizens who have no opportunity under the proper judicial system to put their case? Surely this cannot be.