Senator Hanson Young -Obviously, it seems as if, because of the way you have been able to project manage each of the different upgrades and infrastructure spends and projects yourselves, you obviously have a longstanding process in place to do that because you have had to administer capital grants funding for decades, and I totally understand that.

Senator Hanson Young -It seems to be clear from your submission, your verbal presentation and your answers to questions that you feel frustrated that you have been left on your own, so to speak, to manage this web of bureaucracy. Is there anybody that you have spoken to aside from the federal education department, the minister's office and anyone in the state education department?

Senator Hanson Young -Has the union been involved at all in helping and giving advice to your various members, whether it has been putting forward their applications, knowing who to speak to or resolving any of those issues at that grassroots level before it has gone through to the department or the minister's office?

Mr Watt -The short answer is no.

CHAIR -Senator Hanson Young, do you have any questions?

 Senator Hanson Young -In the terms of reference of the government taskforce that was announced a couple of weeks ago to look into some of these issues there is no mention of the issue of poor targeting.

Senator Hanson Young -In the submissions given by the ACTU and Unions South Wales, and in your verbal submissions as well, both of you indicated that there were significant improvements that you would be looking for in the future. I do pick up on the points you have made about wanting to strengthen the current legislation now in connection to the workplace, and that is something that we need to tease out a bit further.

Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has said she looks forward to the prospect of working with another progressive woman from South Australia, Penny Wright, in Federal Parliament after the next election.

Senator Hanson-Young, Greens Senator for South Australia, congratulated Ms Wright, an experienced lawyer and mediator, on her selection as the Greens' lead Senate candidate in South Australia for the upcoming Federal Election.

Senator Hanson-Young -Thank you to both of you for your opening remarks. I wanted to pick up on one thing Senator Parry said, which may have been a throwaway comment but I actually think it goes to the heart of your concern about this legislation, that you need a broad net in order to catch the tricky fish.

Senator Hanson-Young -Part of your submission talks about the concerns you have with the amendments in the current bill in relation to material support. Would you agree with the previous witnesses that the way this is drafted is too vague and it is quite incomprehensible for somebody to actually understand exactly what 'material support' means?

Senator Hanson-Young -Does the Law Council have a general view, then, about legislation that is drafted and enacted by parliament that is so broad that the question is how anybody is going to know until it is actually tested?