Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

Following up on my questions in relation to standards of practice, the government said we need these provisions in order to bring in new standards. Did the government not consider strengthening the current standards within current organisations rather than saying, 'Well, let's just have a diversity of other standards?' How will the government address a proliferation of different standards? We've still got to keep this within the realm of journalism and news, yet, unless there's a consolidation of those values within our current perceptions of that, I'm really concerned about how perhaps the government could use this regulation.