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

This is an important part of the bill. The legislation does give that guarantee. It sets out a detailed framework, including the matters that a commissioner would need to consider on whether investigation should be commenced. We're confident that the legislation allows for this process balancing well the flexibility for commissioners considering appropriate approaches to investigations. However, this is setting up a new system, so if there are any issues with this process in operation, we would imagine they would be dealt with or assessed during the review of the legislation. I think we've tried to set out the framework to make it as good as it can be, but obviously we will learn from how it's operationalised in practice.