Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator. A 'commonsense framework' is not a term that is used in the act, and it is not a term that has been applied in terms of the specific set of questions that Senator Hughes put to me. It is the intention, for example, with the consultation process that determines the needs assessment framework, for a co-design process, for a broad consultation to be undertaken and so when there are issues like, 'Is there an opportunity to reduce duplication and to reduce costs for either participants and their parents or for the scheme, or for both,' then it seems to me to be a commonsense approach and consistent with the government's objectives here to try to reduce that burden. It is a cost burden but goes beyond being a cost burden for participants and their families and the scheme.