Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source

I will not repeat the position that I have already put on Hansard, on behalf of the government, in relation to the opposition amendments. On a slightly different matter, I would like to briefly put on record a response to a question raised earlier by Senator Xenophon, who is not in the chamber. He asked how the government would monitor and report on the effectiveness of the measures in the bill. I want to indicate on Hansard that the government obviously accepts the opposition amendment which provides for the oversight of unexplained wealth measures by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Crime Commission. I am also advised that the Attorney-General’s Department will monitor the effectiveness of the measures in consultation with law enforcement agencies. The second bill also provides that the minister must cause a review of the operation of the Australian Crime Commission Act every five years.