Tony Windsor (New England, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

Given that the Commonwealth, New South Wales and Victorian governments have announced that they now plan to introduce legislation that imposes so-called permanent restrictions on Snowy Hydro Ltd relating to foreign ownership and the structure of the board, could the Prime Minister explain what capacity this parliament has to bind future parliaments on these guarantees? Is it not a fact that the so-called permanent restrictions on the future of Snowy Hydro can be amended or repealed at any time by any future parliament?

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