Ms Frances Spillane:

While the number of packages is limited, it has, nonetheless, very good outcomes for those who are in receipt of them.

The Senator also asked a question on regulation. I emphasise that while she is correct that there has been some slippage on the preparation of the consultation report, we intend to work on our policy proposals in parallel with the analysis of the consultation. We are in discussion about who will do the consultation on our behalf but it will be done early next year, partly as a result of the excellent response we received. The preliminary results we have are confined to comments made online because we were able to complete that work quickly as they were only a proportion of the total responses. I will ask Dr. Long to respond on whether we are lagging behind other countries.