QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE › Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry
Senator CORMANN (Western Australia—Leader of the Government in the Senate, Minister for Finance, Special Minister of State and Vice-President of the Executive Council) (14:23): I'm not going to provide a running commentary on a royal commission that has only just started. The royal commission is a royal commission. It has all the powers of a royal commission. The royal commissioner has all the powers of a royal commissioner. He is independent. He has all of the powers he needs. If the royal commissioner were to provide advice to the government at the appropriate time, we would consider it, but I'm not going to interfere in the proper conduct of an independent royal commission which was set up that way and which will report in due course. The PRESIDENT: Senator Whish-Wilson, a supplementary question.