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The biggest problem with the process is the lack of democratic accountability for decisions, especially when council decisions are overturned by the Government.
Have you considered that part of the solution for people who get what many might consider to be too little support might be a set of minimum standards to which they can lay claim? Has there been any discussion of that rights-based approach?
The amendments would not prevent the use of dogs; they would merely require a justification for their use, which introduces accountability that is currently lacking in the bill.
We need to get better at monitoring outcomes because in the absence of that, understandably, people want to know what we are doing. There is an accountability aspect and the easiest model to move to for accountability is one that looks at inputs.