Kim Carr (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Industry) Share this | Hansard source

I will take this opportunity, because at this time of the year time is short, to indicate that the Labor Party is disappointed with the answers the government has given. While we have indicated support for the principle of this legislation, it is quite apparent that the level of ministerial discretion is wide-open. The capacity under this legislation for the minister to vary decisions on advice received from the so-called ‘council of guardians’—some sort of Orwellian group of people that the minister will appoint—