Dr. Alison Harnett:

I thank Senator McGreehan. I will share feedback on this question with my colleague, Teresa Mallon. I will briefly answer from my perspective. Ms Mallon, as the chair of our assisted decision making reference group, has been very involved in responding to the codes. We engaged with the Decision Support Service very recently. We are grateful for the response. It has engaged very actively with the issues we have been raising on the codes. We are glad about this. At a broader level, best practice is that people for whom this will be of very great importance need to be able to understand it. In other consultation processes we have seen the development of easy-to-read materials. Not everybody reads easy-to-read materials. Video explainers are great because they can be paused and rewound. They can be listened to. Not everyone wants a visual. Some people like to listen. It would be great if varying communication styles were possible for something of the importance of the codes of practice. We love to see accessible consultation. As Mr. McGrath mentioned, not everybody has access to the Internet. Not everybody listens the same way. Not everybody learns the same way. I will ask Ms Mallon for her input on this.