Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Industry and Science) Share this | Hansard source

I move:

That the amendments be agreed to.

At the outset, I place on the record that the government accepts the amendments passed yesterday in the Senate in relation to both the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2015 and the Customs Tariff (Anti-Dumping) Amendment Bill 2015, specifically in relation to the International Trade Remedies Forum, the definition of 'subsidy' and clarifying the lesser duty rule subsidy provision.

The government's reforms will strengthen Australia's antidumping system, and I thank the parliament for agreeing to the vast majority of the government's reforms in these bills which will place a greater onus on overseas businesses to cooperate with investigations, ensure more stringent deadlines for submissions, crack down on uncooperative exporters, provide better assistance to Australian businesses, address circumvention of antidumping duties, reduce red tape, improve certainty and improve the antidumping merits review process. All of our reform measures will bring relief and certainty to Australian businesses being injured by dumped or subsidised imports.

Although the government did not oppose the amendments passed by the Senate yesterday, we will continue to consult with stakeholders on those important reforms and may bring them forward at a later date. I commend this bill as amended to the House.

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