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

Thank you, Senator Hume, and for the ongoing dialogue we've had around this. Obviously staff consultation is incredibly important. There was consultation through the joint select committee process and we have no problem with further consultation with staff. The explanatory memorandum is clear that it would be expected that there would be further consultation with staff. We're very supportive of ensuring staff consultation. We're very happy to commit to ensure that this would happen and would expect that all members of the PJCPS, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Parliamentary Standards, once established, would share this goal. And we will work with my colleague the Special Minister of State to ensure we get the consultation right, including working across the parliament to make sure that we are addressing everybody's needs.