If the process were less closely related to the development and choice of policies, I might be more open to the idea. However, as you know—the last election ended not that long ago—ideas are raised on a regular basis, daily, which explains why it would be difficult to calculate the cost of these electoral platforms. Doing it at the very end, as per the Australian model, is something else altogether, although in that case confidentiality must also be taken into account.
You have in hand a survey we published. We asked the Nanos firm to hold discussion groups. The invitations were anonymous. I was not present. Nanos handled that responsibility. No political group, neither public servants, members of Parliament, senators or their representatives thought it advisable that we take part in the development of policy. I am basing my opinion largely on that, given that this survey group provided results.
That being said, I am at the mercy of a legislative provision. I would be happy to become an independent officer of Parliament; that would be desirable. The report has to be drawn up in the beginning, as I said. If we have to do that, we will do it. We'll see. In his wisdom, my colleague Mr. Askari suggested that we see what happens during one electoral cycle, and if everything goes wrong, we could do something more specific.
Be that as it may, the risk will be there from the outset.