Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source

I'm sure it's no surprise to the senators in this chamber that they would be non-disallowable instruments. It's certainly no surprise to the opposition that that is the case with anything that comes from the Deputy Prime Minister. It's like some sort of protection racket when it comes to legislation that he puts forward. There always appears to be a lack of detailed scrutiny and a lack of work carried out in terms of the initiatives that Mr Joyce puts forward. So it is no surprise that we again see the lack of parliamentary scrutiny with regard to this bill and, certainly, the lack of transparency. The minister hasn't allayed those concerns for the opposition in her answer at all. What I would like to ask the minister is: what work has the government done to establish the RIC in Orange?