Dean Smith (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury) Share this | Hansard source

That point takes us right back to where we started today. A high level of secrecy and a lack of consultation was revealed today. This afternoon, I think, many various peak associations reported in the media that they don't feel that they were consulted on that original amendment that was agreed to by the Senate. I think the accusation or suggestion that these things had been done with poor consultation on one level—perhaps even with a level of secrecy at the other end of that—stands up to the evidence.