Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Public Service) Share this | Hansard source

I don't accept that I'm talking at cross-purposes. I'm saying it wasn't a specific recommendation. One of your criticisms was that we were saying that we weren't responding recommendation by recommendation. Then your next question was, 'Why are you doing this ahead of the formal government response?' I'm saying that this was not a specific recommendation but has been informed by evidence and work that was done throughout the disability royal commission proceedings, and there was a view—supported, I think, by a lot of people, including elements of the disability community and the peak organisations—to put in place a legislative framework that would enable the reforms that will come through the disability royal commission and to have that in place as soon as we could. That's what this bill is about.