Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

Well, I guess I'd certainly like to see that our young people are no longer vaping. I think that's probably the most obvious response to that—if families can feel that their kids are no longer addicted, that they're no longer vaping in places they shouldn't be and they're no longer using it. Okay, that's a very anecdotal and personal response, but I think it's still a very relevant one. This impacts families across the country, and it impacts teachers trying to work with their students.

The legislation commits us to undertaking an independent review of the bill and associated instruments within three years. That's how we will measure. In addition, the government is using a range of resources and data to monitor the impacts of the vaping reforms over the short and longer term. It's important to note these reforms include a series of different regulatory activities, many of which are yet to be implemented, and these reforms are part of a broader suite of regulatory and non-regulatory measures being implemented by all Australian governments to reduce rates of vaping and smoking. We have commenced work with states and territories and other key partners to develop an evaluation program, including outcome indicators to monitor progress—and the work of the states and territories is absolutely critical to the success of these reforms—and the development of nationally agreed monitoring and evaluation activities, including agreed measures of success.