The issue focused on head tax after government legislated by law to begin their federal financial assessment of national economic performance.

In the policy debate, political parties have run up against questions about how much help they can give and what effect it will have. The Justice Minister has said that only 20 per cent of government resources are earmarked for legal advice. A civil rights lawyer at court was called in in 2012 to represent former police officers who were prosecuted over criminal prosecution of senior police officers. This week's legislation would