Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

These are amendments that we are putting forward. I understand they don't have the government's support but it is just about getting the rationale behind why the certain decisions were made. The Law Council made a suggestion including an additional threshold that will allow the National Anti-Corruption Commission to conduct investigations into past conduct only where there is an identifiable public interest in doing so. Again, given that this is a recommendation from the Law Council of Australia and they have recommend the addition of a public interest test, can I just better understand the rationale again behind why the government hasn't taken on this recommendation? And very similar to my first question in relation to the Australian Human Rights Commission, in making this determination, what discussions were had with the Law Council in relation to why their suggestion was not being adopted and what feedback the Law Council gave to the government?