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

You are entitled to your view, but the bill in its current form, including on the issue, by the way, of the description of the dataset and the inclusion of that description in the act and the provisions for the amendment or alteration of the dataset where that becomes necessary, in fact gives effect to the PJCIS recommendations. I do not want to repeat myself, but this has been a long process: many minds have looked at this issue and this is where both government and opposition have come after a very extensive inquiry. I think you have acknowledged that the amendments that the government has adopted improve the bill from its initial form. The process of endless iterations of any piece of legislation cannot go on forever. This is where we have landed and this is what we present to the Senate for its consideration.