Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Immigration) Share this | Hansard source

One of the issues in the regulatory impact statement at page 19 is in relation to the range of regulatory approaches that could be taken by a government. The first one is 'Reducing regulation—no regulation or self-regulation'. It states:

This approach is not recommended.

It then refers to 'Light and responsive regulation'. It says this is 'the preferred option'. It then refers to 'Prescriptive legislation' and states:

This approach is not the preferred approach at this time.

Has the government given any consideration to going down the path of prescriptive regulation in relation to reporting requirements at any time?