Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

I think it is possibly a fair analysis to say at this stage it is a bit fuzzy as to how it will all progress, because the first workshop will be designed to nail some of those things down amongst the participants as to the way forward. I and the government have not, in any way, been prescriptive as to how this should be conducted. We are relying on the professionalism of the department who, if I might say, as shown by the process in the development of this bill, have a good relationship with the stakeholders and work cooperatively with them to achieve the outcome that, hopefully, will pass sometime today. So I would say to the senator that I think we can have faith in the professional competence of the department to work with the stakeholders. There will be a first workshop very shortly where some of the details and parameters will undoubtedly be sorted out by consensus between the parties.