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

I know this is a difficult issue because you do not want to be seen as interfering with the independence of the tribunal, in terms of the final decisions they make. Maybe this is a question I could put to the opposition as well, and I presume that Senator Fifield is hanging onto my every word. If the tribunal had a process whereby they did have public hearings into their determinations, is that something that the government would be comfortable with, regarding the way the tribunal operates? It is a similar issue to that of the opposition—if there were an additional level of openness.