Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

In trying to assist Senator Shoebridge, I will refer to my previous answer, but I'll be explicit in what I was talking about there. Again, I reference answering hypotheticals, which I find are not helpful in these debates. However, not all experience within an intelligence agency would necessarily amount to actual or perceived conflict of interest. It is important that government otherwise has the discretion to consider all of the circumstances and that it isn't prevented arbitrarily from choosing the ideal candidate.