Senate debates

Thursday, 4 February 2016

Committees

Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee; Report

6:56 pm

Photo of Alex GallacherAlex Gallacher (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

He appears to be doing an excellent job. But we have media commentary which says the trade deal currently being negotiated barely benefits Australia. That is not coming from our side of politics. That is not coming from the opposition parties in this chamber. That is coming from an analysis by the World Bank. The World Bank is saying that the TPP will barely benefit Australia—and that it will barely benefit the United States. That is coming from The Age, Tuesday, 12 January 2016.

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