Andrew Robb (Goldstein, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

I will withdraw, if it was taken as personal.

Opposition members interjecting—

I withdraw. Regarding the request that Labor is making, there is not a cigarette paper of difference between the worker protections in this China deal and all the other deals that we have done, including those under Labor. There is not a cigarette paper of difference between them. There is no substance to your arguments. You have tried for weeks now, and no-one—forget about us, but no-one outside—has confirmed the arguments and the cases that you are putting, because when they go into the depth of it they find that the regulations and the requirements are identical. Secondly, if we start to put a bill down, you have a list of requirements as long as your arm. That is the other complication. And it will be all be directed to China and no-one else. (Time expired)

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