Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I am grateful to the Attorney for his response. I guess, reading between the lines of the Alert Digestor one interpretation of it that can be reasonably made—is that, if there is an issue as to the nature of the appointment, that may lead to some liability or legal exposure for those affiliates. Of course, I think that is something that would not be desirable at all. If they are an affiliate, if they had been appointed to undertake a certain task, they would want to be sure that they have the privileges or the protections that go with that. My interpretation of the Alert Digest concerns is that there may be some gap that would leave those affiliates exposed to issues of legal liability.