4. CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National) Link to this
to the Chairperson of the Justice and Electoral Committee
When does the committee expect to deliberate on the victims’ rights inquiry?
LYNNE PILLAY (Chairperson of the Justice and Electoral Committee) Link to this
I am delighted to say that the committee deliberated on the victims’ rights inquiry this morning, and authorised the chair to issue a press release announcing that the report would be presented in the near future. That member, who is the deputy chair, would have known that, if he had read his agenda and not skived off early from the committee meeting.
Christopher Finlayson Link to this
Can the chairperson give an assurance that any submitters who appeared before the committee to assist it with its inquiry received ample time to actually make their submissions, unlike the shambolic process engaged in with the Electoral Finance Bill?
Yes, I can. I can assure the member that submitters were treated very well by the committee. I can also assure the member that when the committee undertook its trip to Australia to investigate and get advice on human rights over there—a trip on which the member refused to accompany the committee—we received really good advice there, too.