Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the minister for his answer. Could the minister clarify this: when you say that it is an ongoing benchmark, does that mean that there will be sanctions if there is a breach of the existing protocols pending the new code, the self-regulatory model in place? I am just trying to understand what the actual status the existing protocols will have in an administrative or a legal sense. If it is a benchmark, does it mean that a breach of it will lead to sanctions being imposed by the minister or is it simply a guiding principle for the minister?