Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

As I understand it, the states and territories have complementary legislation in their respective states and territories. As such, is the minister able to identify whether the same issue arises within those states and territories and whether or not the minister intends to take action to assist the states or to find out what the states will do? That is also a matter that I would expect the parliamentary joint committee could also monitor.