Ms Sue Shaw:

We expected that once the written submissions were provided, a consultation process would begin based on those submissions. We have no doubt the Bill may need tweaking and amendments, but the principle is in place that there are six months in which one can go to the WRC. That principle is in place. We are not looking for something that does not exist but an extension of it to include the organisation.

We would welcome an intervention from the committee seeking a consultation process with us, provided that does not kick this down the road even further. The more we go out to consultation, the more our members will say that is what is happening.