David Pocock (ACT, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I'm interested in why you think we should leave it to hope when we have an opportunity to legislate that the government of the day needs to simply convince one other member of the committee that they have the right commissioner. We've heard much criticism, and rightly so, for captain's picks by the executive over the years, and clearly there's a feeling amongst Australians that that needs to end. And here we have an opportunity to legislate a NACC that will ensure that the government of the day cannot just put whomever they like in there. Why aren't we doing that now?