Crimes and Other Legislation Amendment (Omnibus No. 1) Bill 2026

Senator CASH (Western Australia—Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) (12:02): That wasn't my question, with all due respect. I asked a very simple question. This is a bill that is changing a piece of legislation to put in place, as I'll read again, a new section, section 31A, into the DPP Act—you've already read it out yourself in terms of what this does—to allow the Attorney-General to authorise a senior person to exercise all powers and functions ordinarily exercised by the CDPP director when the director is unable to exercise those powers and functions due to an actual, perceived or potential conflict.

That's if the bill passes. I would like to understand what protocols are currently in place to ensure that the director of the CDPP is quarantined from any matters she was involved in. I'm not referring to a particular matter but any matter she was involved in in prior roles.