Senate debates

Thursday, 16 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

7:34 pm

Photo of Trish CrossinTrish Crossin (NT, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

With all due respect, who will be responsible for that then? Under the permit system my understanding is that the people who did that were doing it through some sort of benefit derived from the permit system. My question to you really is: who is now going to take responsibility for that, seeing that you are opening up this avenue of access as a public thoroughfare, when it has not normally been?

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