MR KNIEST: Indeed. MR GYLES: - - - a matter for consideration. All right. I think I that’s follow your general points fairly clearly. Is there anything else you want to add at this point? MR KNIEST: No, not at this point. Again I apologise, I read any haven’t of the other submissions, so I comment on can’t anyone else’s. MR GYLES: got to do it. What now going to That’s all right. I’ve we’re do is - free to stay, of course. We will be hearing from the you’re witnesses from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre at the University of New South Wales. going to be done by teleconference, publicly. Then, later That’s on in the morning, the various Commonwealth agencies will appear, and that will take place around about just briefly adjourn, so 12 o’clock. We’ll that we can set up a conference situation. MR KNIEST: Again, thank you for the opportunity. MR GYLES: Thank you for coming. ADJOURNED [10.27 am] RESUMED [10.41 am] MR GYLES: Good morning. in the session dealing with the We’re hearings aspect of the conducting. The session has been set inquiry I’m aside for the public policy, academic and research sector. I believe that we have Professor George Williams. Is Dr Keiran Hardy also with you, or not? DR HARDY: Yes, here. I’m MR GYLES: Good. Thank you. From the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. This is an opportunity for you to draw to my attention any aspects of your submission that you would particularly like me to take on board. it but also read 30 others, so I pretend to have I’ve read I’ve can’t absorbed every detail of it. Also, the opportunity, if you wish to, to it’s comment upon submissions of other parties that had access to. If you’ve like to lead off, that would be good. you’d PROFESSOR WILLIAMS: Thank you, Mr Gyles. George Williams It’s
MR KNIEST: Indeed. MR GYLES: - - - that’s a matter for consideration. All right. I think I follow your general points fairly clearly. Is there anything else you want to add at this point? MR KNIEST: No, not at this point. Again I apologise, I haven’t read any of the other submissions, so I can’t comment on anyone else’s. MR GYLES: That’s all right. I’ve got to do it. What we’re now going to do is - you’re free to stay, of course. We will be hearing from the witnesses from the Gilbert + Tobin Centre at the University of New South Wales. That’s going to be done by teleconference, publicly. Then, later on in the morning, the various Commonwealth agencies will appear, and that will take place around about 12 o’clock. We’ll just briefly adjourn, so that we can set up a conference situation. MR KNIEST: Again, thank you for the opportunity. MR GYLES: Thank you for coming. ADJOURNED [10.27 am] RESUMED [10.41 am] MR GYLES: Good morning. We’re in the session dealing with the hearings aspect of the inquiry I’m conducting. The session has been set aside for the public policy, academic and research sector. I believe that we have Professor George Williams. Is Dr Keiran Hardy also with you, or not? DR HARDY: Yes, I’m here. MR GYLES: Good. Thank you. From the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law. This is an opportunity for you to draw to my attention any aspects of your submission that you would particularly like me to take on board. I’ve read it but I’ve also read 30 others, so I can’t pretend to have absorbed every detail of it. Also, it’s the opportunity, if you wish to, to comment upon submissions of other parties that you’ve had access to. If you’d like to lead off, that would be good. PROFESSOR WILLIAMS: Thank you, Mr Gyles. It’s George Williams
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