Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025

Senator GALLAGHER (Australian Capital Territory—Minister for Finance, Minister for the Public Service, Minister for Women, Minister for Government Services and Manager of Government Business in the Senate) (12:07): I'll check and see whether there are any specific dates I can give, but I was certainly involved in a number of discussions around this matter, and it was post the original bill being put together—essentially going through our government approvals processes.

The advice came from a number of different agencies across government. It came over a period of time, and the government obviously went through its own processes of understanding that advice and information that was being provided and then determining the most appropriate way through, which was to seek an amendment to this bill through the insertion of clause 5.

I'll see if there's anything more helpful I can give you. It certainly involved the Minister for Home Affairs, the Minister for Social Services and me as Minister for Government Services. I'll check if any further ministers were involved, and I'll see if I can provide a date or date window from during that time.

I'll come back on that. I'm just trying to see if I can give you a scope of time.