A parliamentary committee warns the government may face lawsuits over a 2015 bill allowing cabinet to rewrite regulations without open scrutiny. The bill, dubbed a “sleeper” by one MP, ended a practice dating from 1841 that required all new federal regulations to be plainly disclosed: “I don’t think it’s for Joe Citizen to have to hire a lawyer”.
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