Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Fair Competition) Share this | Hansard source

For the reasons outlined earlier, the coalition does not support this amendment moved by Senator Rhiannon. This bill in no way precludes future acts by the parliament. As I stated earlier, the parliamentary departments have an exemplary record in releasing information, particularly of this nature, and we are awaiting more formal review of the FOI provisions. This bill is an interim measure to reinstate the status quo that was inadvertently overturned and only became apparent a decade after it occurred.