Hon Dr NICK SMITH (National): It is an absolute farce that the Minister is giving five days for the select committee to call for public submissions, for those public submissions to be heard—remember—from councils, and for it to receive advice from officials, hear those submissions, and report the bill back to the House. I cannot believe that the Minister was able to say with a straight face that this would result in a thorough process. Every other member of the House could see it for the cynicism. I've heard that member give speeches in this House saying that when you're dealing with local government matters, you need to make sure there's time for a council meeting so that the council can discuss its submission. How many councils are going to be able to have a meeting in the next five days to consider this significant change in their electoral law? It is indeed a complete joke. 