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

The government will not be supporting this amendment. The bill introduces a very high level of transparency around the operation of the ARC and funding programs, including provisions which make the funding rules themselves a disallowable instrument, subject to the scrutiny of parliament. It is appropriate that in formulating these funding rules the minister of the day be able to work with the board at the drafting stage to give and receive full and frank advice. The resulting guidelines may then be considered by the parliament in the context of a disallowance examination.

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: The question before the committee is that the amendments moved by Senator Faruqi be agreed to. A division is required and will occur Wednesday.