Caretaker mode doesn't start until the House of Representatives has been dissolved. The House of Representatives has not been dissolved. It is coming back for the budget session. Otherwise there will be no $$ to fund the ongoing activities of government once the House of Representatives is dissolved and writs for the election are issued.
In any event, there is nothing in the caretaker conventions that would prevent continued work on trying to fix the bugger's muddle that is the regulatory reform program generally or Part 61 in particular.
If you are being told by anyone in government that the impending election, whenever it's called and whenever it's going to happen, is a justification for suspending work on Part 61 'recovery', they are either ignorant, incompetent or p*ssing in your pocket.
Last edited by Lead Balloon; 21st Apr 2016 at 11:49.