Kimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Labor supports this amendment, which would require the minister to request progress reports on the NTAI Corporation's strategic investment plan. We note that this was a recommendation of the Scrutiny of Bills Committee. It is appropriate and consistent with principles of transparency that progress reports should be open to parliamentary scrutiny. There are various options available to the minister to allow for the removal or confidentiality of any genuinely sensitive material.