Adam Bandt (Melbourne, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Australian Greens amendment (1), as circulated in my name:

(1) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 14), after item 6, insert:

6A At the end of Division 1 of Part XVB

  Add:

269TBAA Access to import data

(1) For the purposes of subsection 16(2) of the Customs Administration Act 1985, a person is authorised to make a record of, and to disclose to any person, protected information (within the meaning of that section) that is import data.

(2) Despite section 12 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 and any determination made under section 13 of that Act, the Statistician (within the meaning of that Act) must publish all import data.

(3) For the purposes of this section, import data means the following information about individual shipments of goods exported to Australia:

  (a) country of origin;

  (b) the type of goods;

  (c) the volume of the shipment;

  (d) the value of the shipment;

  (e) any other details about the shipment of the goods specified by the Minister by legislative instrument.

The Greens support the measures being taken by the government and welcome the opportunity to propose an improvement to the bill. One issue that has been raised and that would be familiar to those who have been following this issue for some time is the difficulty that is sometimes faced by people who want to either bring complaints or potentially elevate that to proceedings when they feel they have been the victim of dumping.

The amendment moved by the Greens would allow persons to have access to import data. This is essentially the same kind of import data that is already required to be provided. It would assist in the enforcement of the measures contained in this bill. I commend the amendment to the House.

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