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

Hopefully that will resolve the issue for me. I appreciate the minister’s answer. Can the minister clarify this final point for me. Firstly, if there is a deviation from the protocols, a noncompliance—and I understand what the minister is saying, that it seems that the institutions are currently complying with the protocols—if there is a breach at some time in the future before the code, to what extent will that information be readily available to the public? Secondly, is it anticipated that if there is a breach of the new code, the self-regulatory model, the public will have a mechanism for finding out? Is there some auditing or some process of scrutiny or public disclosure so that at least members of the public can determine whether or not there has been a breach?