George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Ludlam, as you know, there has been very extensive consultation with industry in the development of this dataset, and the government anticipates that that consultation with industry will continue. This is a collaborative process, so you ask what sort of process the government will undertake—to which the best answer I can give you is: a collaborative process in consultation with industry.

This is classically an example of the government of necessity collaborating with industry in a partnership to achieve a common end. What we envisage is continuing collaboration with industry. The scheme established by this bill, which imposes, as you know, the primary obligation upon industry of necessity, envisages that the government will continue to consult with and collaborate with industry in any decision about amending the descriptions of the dataset and would undoubtedly be arrived at in consultation with industry.