Jacinta Collins (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, Senator Williams, I have yet another question on this, which is: what impact assessment has occurred of this unilateral change? Are you seriously telling us, minister, you have proposed this change with no impact assessment? Is that what you are saying? Are you saying that the department did not give you advice of what the impact of that change would be? It would be incredulous for you to be here and to say there is nothing available to assure this Senate that the government has competently assessed that impact. That is ludicrous.

Let me run to point 9.