Commonwealth Entities Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Senator GREEN (Queensland—Assistant Minister for Tourism, Assistant Minister for Pacific Island Affairs and Assistant Minister for Northern Australia) (13:47): Appointment and termination provisions are different for numerous Commonwealth entities. You will note in this bill that some of the entities have different provisions we're bringing forward. That reflects the unique nature of some of the roles.

You referred, I think, to the AAT—or the ART, as it's now referred to. The provisions do align. That was a very recent introduction—well, not that recent, but the most recent in nature.

So there is an alignment there. I couldn't step you through every single Commonwealth entity in the entire Public Service, but, to give you a comparison with ART, I'm advised that there is an alignment of those entities. Again, we're dealing with different provisions for each entity because of the nuanced nature of some of the entities that we're dealing with.