Peter, I can't but think that the timing of the Bill's tabling was not entirely separate from a wish to change the news cycle around someone's au pair scrape.
If you want my thoughts on the consultation process, see where I address the consultation process in my 30pp submission. Kind regards Paul Wilkins On Wed, 10 Oct 2018 at 12:24, Peter Tonoli <peter+aus...@metaverse.org> wrote: > hi Paul, > > Quoting Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins...@gmail.com>: > > > Careful how you go there Paul. Dutton made the following statement to the > > House 20th September 2018. > > > > "The government has consulted extensively with industry and the public on > > these measures and has made amendments to reflect the feedback in the > > legislation now before the parliament." > > > > I suggest saving comments as to the veracity of the extensive > consultation > > process to what can be expressed within submissions to the PJCIS, which > (as > > long as you don't publish anywhere else) are subject to Parliamentary > > privilege. > > As one of the people who assisted in drafting the letter, being > involved in various civil society submissions relating to the letter, > and having also directly engaged with the staff and departments > associated with this legislation, I stand by the statements in IA's > open letter. > > Regards, > Peter. > >
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