David Feeney (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Xenophon for his question. I am advised that, should the tribunal resolve to go down the course of seeking public hearings, then that would, in all likelihood, mean that the tribunal's small budget would require budget supplementation in order to meet such requirement. In the event that the tribunal resolves upon a process which engenders more costs, that is something the tribunal would then raise with the minister.