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) (14:13): All affected entities were consulted. That was my answer to you. They were consulted on the bill—all of what is in the bill.

We're in a particularly strange situation—I think you would agree, Senator Cash—where the nature of the Office of Parliamentary Counsel means they would have actually seen this legislation in its draft form because of the nature of the work that they do. But there was consultation with all of the agencies affected about the provisions in the bill.