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

Given that, when I said to you, 'Could you please confirm that Voice representatives would fall within the scope of the National Anti-Corruption Commission as set out in the design principles?' your answer to me was, 'Yes, that is why it's set out in the design principles.' I then asked you, 'Can the government confirm that Voice members would be able to be sanctioned or removed for serious misconduct as set out in the design principles?' and you again said, 'Yes, that is why they're set out in the design principles.' I have then asked, given your answer to these questions, 'Given that they're set out in the design principles, who would decide that a Voice member should be sanctioned or removed for serious misconduct?' Surely, given that your other two answers were that it's set out in the design principles, the government has some form of idea around whether or not it will be the minister, the parliament or the courts. Or did your level of thinking just stop there and you actually haven't bothered to go any further?