Speakers: Aftab Malik, Senator Jana Stewart, Senator David Shoebridge

Transcript

Senator David Shoebridge

Was that a recommendation that the government accepted? Do you apply in your deductive reasoning?

Aftab Malik

I'm watching too many Sherlock Home uh novels and movies. Um there as far as I know as far as my office, uh we haven't had any conversations that revolve around um commission of inquiries or anything in and around legislative changes. So by deduction, I would assume no. But that doesn't mean that that's uh a refusal or a decline. It's uh it's for an ongoing conversation.

Senator David Shoebridge

All right.

Aftab Malik

Uh how I read it.

Senator David Shoebridge

Thanks, Ms. Malik. I note the time. And again, I just want to acknowledge the scale of the task in front of you, the modest resources you have and wish you um the absolute best in the work you're doing.

Aftab Malik

Thank you, Senator. I truly appreciate it. Thank you very much.

Senator Jana Stewart

Uh thank you, Mr. Malik. That does conclude the questions that we have for you this evening. Thank you uh for joining us. Uh we will now suspend for dinner. Uh return at 7.05 p.m. And we will be continuing in outcome two. And I think the committee needs to have a conversation about what we're doing with the remainder of the program after dinner. Thank you.

Aftab Malik

Thank you all. Thank you.