Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

Yes. In this particular instance, the lady has said that the commissioner said that they could only ask the provider. They couldn't force the provider to do this. In terms of the powers of the commissioner, what are the powers of the commissioner in enforcement of something, and what don't they have powers for? As this lady pointed out, it seems very odd, when you're asked not to provide a service, that you actually refuse not to provide a service and continue to provide that service, even though that service is completely unnecessary and unneeded. Yet the commissioner says that they have no power to do that. Is there a framework in terms of the powers of the commissioner about what they can enforce and what they can't?