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

First of all, Senator Singh, please, I must correct you: the government has made no such decision. In relation to Mr Graeme Innes, it is not right either to say that the position of Disability Discrimination Commissioner has been axed—in fact, we have a very, very good disability discrimination commissioner at the moment; namely, a former Labor cabinet minister, former Senator Susan Ryan, and she is doing an outstanding job—

Senator Cormann interjecting—

Mathias, don't go there please! I recently tasked Senator Ryan to lead a community consultation and report into discrimination against older Australians and Australians with a disability. It is a job which she undertook with alacrity, and she is doing a fine job as Disability Discrimination Commissioner.