Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

To be absolutely clear so that there's no misapprehension in terms of the record: this process is not all in the hands of the foreign minister, full stop. Within the legislation there is the process of judicial review; the parameters of the foreign policy test, which I have set out in the chamber in this debate; the limited scope of the coverage; the matters in section 51 which the foreign minister must take into account; and the public register itself. The rules, of course, are disallowable and, of course, the legislation was amended by the government in the House of Representatives to also incorporate a three-year review which will give the parliament and the government the ability to address any prospective changes or amendments to the process.