Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you for the gratuitous comments at the end, Minister. Yes, legislative instruments are subject to disallowance. I was aware of that fact. I think everybody in the chamber is aware of that fact. There is a period of time, however, and in these amendments we have attempted to ensure that, in the drafting of such legislative instruments, there is a clear process that requires you or future ministers to consult and engage. So, do not come in here and tell us that it is a legislative instrument. As is not uncommon, we want to put in place a process that ensures you must talk to certain stakeholders and go through that process rather than purely rely upon the legislative process to fix an errant or wayward minister. That is the intent of those changes.