David Shoebridge (NSW, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, it's not just the Greens. Pretty much the entirety of the crossbench wants to build and support public confidence in the National Anti-Corruption Commission. As happens time after time when there are votes on transparency in this place, we see the whole of the crossbench pretty much unite to try and get some transparency. There's a bunch that our collective disagrees on—we'll probably disagree on something later this afternoon—but what you'll find time after time with the crossbench is that we have collective support for transparency and openness. From the Greens' perspective, we think that's how you have public confidence in institutions. We think that's how you get public support for the NACC.

So I ask you again, Minister: On reflection, don't you think that having the first major decision of the National Anti-Corruption Commission be to reject an investigation into the robodebt scandal, and having that happen in secret, has been a blow to public confidence in the NACC? Don't you at least accept that?