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

Amendment (12), which relates to the comprehensive compliance assessments, is one that the government is minded to support. This includes the CCA in legislation rather than in a legislative instrument. It does not, of course, affect the substance of the CCA. It is one of those areas where decisions always have to be made on balance between what is put in legislation and what is put in legislative instruments. The usual reason for using legislative instruments is that the legislation will provide the framework and the instruments will provide the meat, so to speak, but in this instance we can agree to your amendment, begrudgingly.