Senator HARRADINE(5.24 p.m.) —I thank the minister for what she had to say. Of course, the inclusion in legislation of a particular proposition, such as the 25 per cent, is far better than leaving it to disallowable delegated legislation. I agree with that and I commend the minister for what she did in respect of that. I would just like to say that surely anyone with eyes to see would see that if the Senate has given the government the go ahead, much as people may not like to have done that, the institutions have that certainty. I would have thought it would be obvious that there would need to be some sort of substantial error included in the guidelines to suggest that those guidelines, as delegated legislation subject to disallowance, be disallowed.

As the minister has guaranteed to the Senate that there would be widespread discussions and consultations before the guidelines are developed and finalised I accept that. Then it is even more unlikely that if they were disallowable instruments they would be disallowed by either chamber of the parliament. I say to the minister and to the committee that I am not convinced to vote against the propositions that have been put forward by the opposition for these to be disallowable instruments. In other words, I vote for the amendment.