David Seymour is blaming bots for the apparent unpopularity of the Regulatory Standards Bill. He reckons almost all of the twenty three thousand submissions of fake because they've been generated by bots. Now, Doctor David Wilson is the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Hey David, Hello, you spotted any bots in there?

David Seymour is blaming bots for the apparent unpopularity of the Regulatory Standards Bill. He reckons almost all of the twenty three thousand submissions of fake because they've been generated by bots. Now, Doctor David Wilson is the Clerk of the House of Representatives. Hey David, Hello, you spotted any bots in there?

No, we haven't, and our cybersecurity team are confident that there aren't any bots making submissions to Parliament?

No, we haven't, and our cybersecurity team are confident that there aren't any bots making submissions to Parliament?

Have you ever had any bots making submissions?

Have you ever had any bots making submissions?

Not as far as we know right.

Not as far as we know right.

I was wondering if I just wonder if what David Seymour is talking about is not really bots but those forms where you just go online to a website, chuck your details and it seems basically the same submission with different names repetitively. Could that be what he means?

I was wondering if I just wonder if what David Seymour is talking about is not really bots but those forms where you just go online to a website, chuck your details and it seems basically the same submission with different names repetitively. Could that be what he means?

I can't speculate about what the Minister might mean, but certainly those form submissions do come to Parliament, and some of them a hard copy and yeah, others are online where people on them mountain send them in.

I can't speculate about what the Minister might mean, but certainly those form submissions do come to Parliament, and some of them a hard copy and yeah, others are online where people on them mountain send them in.

We wouldn't consider those fakes, though, would we. No.

We wouldn't consider those fakes, though, would we. No.

Select committees don't treat those as fake submissions. They're real submissions, they possibly will just say the same thing.

Select committees don't treat those as fake submissions. They're real submissions, they possibly will just say the same thing.

Yeah, okay, Right, so we don't really know what he's talking about, then, do we.

Yeah, okay, Right, so we don't really know what he's talking about, then, do we.

Well, I can't speak for the minister.

Well, I can't speak for the minister.

No, neither can I, as it turns out. Okay, Now listen, David, while I've got you, what do you make of the punishment for Debbie and and of the Marii part? Is it too harsh?

No, neither can I, as it turns out. Okay, Now listen, David, while I've got you, what do you make of the punishment for Debbie and and of the Marii part? Is it too harsh?

That's not really something for me to comment on. Ultimately, it's up to members to vote on. I gave the Privileges Committee advice on it, and really it's their decision, not mine.

That's not really something for me to comment on. Ultimately, it's up to members to vote on. I gave the Privileges Committee advice on it, and really it's their decision, not mine.

And are you allowed to tell us what the advice was.

And are you allowed to tell us what the advice was.

Yeah, the advice is publicly available to anyone who wants it. Really, it was along the lines of, you know, the most of their penalty given to date had been a three day suspension, and that if it was going to be substantially more than that, you know, the committee should give reasons to explain that. And ideally they'd reached that position unanimously since it was a major change in practice.

Yeah, the advice is publicly available to anyone who wants it. Really, it was along the lines of, you know, the most of their penalty given to date had been a three day suspension, and that if it was going to be substantially more than that, you know, the committee should give reasons to explain that. And ideally they'd reached that position unanimously since it was a major change in practice.

In the House, okay, And so you gave your advice to them. It then went obviously it was tabled in parliament. Did the Speaker seek your advice as well.

In the House, okay, And so you gave your advice to them. It then went obviously it was tabled in parliament. Did the Speaker seek your advice as well.

Oh, I advise the speaker out all the time, but on a confidential basis.

Oh, I advise the speaker out all the time, but on a confidential basis.

Okay, so you're not allowed to tell us what you told him. No, okay. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it. Doctor David Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

Okay, so you're not allowed to tell us what you told him. No, okay. Thank you for your time. I appreciate it. Doctor David Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

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