Victor Boyhan (Independent)

I am conscious of time. The Minister made the point about winding down to provide the supports. We do not have to wind down. We can wind down Caranua. We should have been providing supports anyway. The supports should never have been conditional on Caranua. We know they were processed. We know people went through a process of redress and were interviewed, etc. These are most basic supports. Caranua could have done anything, or it might never have been established, but these supports should have always been forthcoming. They should never have been conditional on winding down Caranua. We will have another opportunity on a later section of this Bill to talk about where all that money went, the stewardship of all that money and the accountability. I am just trying to flag this now so the Minister's official might have time to get it before we leave here today. What money is left in Caranua? It is a small amount, but I would like to see a financial statement of it and where it has gone. I would like to see the numbers who got it and the benefits of it.

On that point, I thought this was a really interesting point that was highlighted in the Library and Research Service's digest: "The Department of Education has confirmed in correspondence with the Library and Research Service (L&RS) that no Regulatory Impact Assessment was performed for this Bill." That is disappointing. I will not ask the Minister to respond because we are under pressure, but I do not think I would let that happen on my watch if I was a Minister, and I hope the Minister will not let it happen in future. There should have been a regulatory impact assessment of this Bill. That is in the report, which the Minister and Department can get; it is not me-speak. There was no regulatory impact assessment of this Bill. That is shocking, and it should not have happened.