Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

With regard to Senator Bob Brown’s question, the reason that the filter is accredited by the minister is that it is simply a technical decision. They will receive advice that this is the standard of filter, not any old filter but a particular filter that might have a number or a brand. It might even be that the filter may have to meet a standard. It is simply a technical thing, so the minister has decided, through the process, that this is the standard that applies. Rather than the minister making a decision on what type, it is just that it meets a standard.