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

That is the purpose of the draft regulations—they can raise them. I am sure you can have an input into it as well, and maybe use your opportunity here more constructively.

This is about ensuring that we can consult with the community and include their views in the process. It is always open to view it as an additional criterion which will impact on matters listed, so it is an opportunity. We have already had 59 submissions on the discussion paper that strongly supported this position. The provision will be there, if we pass this—and the sooner we can get it passed, the sooner we can provide the landholders out there with an opportunity, and of course they can consult on the draft regulations.