Michael Keenan (Stirling, Liberal Party, Minister for Justice) Share this | Hansard source

We put a sunset clause on that regulation. This is not unusual. Governments put sunset clauses as a break at any particular point so you can have another conversation about what you might do going forward. That is exactly what we did in this case. The government have always been 100 per cent clear in our position that we will restrict their import until we get an agreement with the states about where they were to be classified. I would have very much liked that that conversation was concluded within those 12 months, but it was not; so we have subsequently extended the ban until we reach that agreement. It is very straightforward. It is very simple. If Labor had any idea about what they were talking about then they might just get it. I repeat—

Mr Brian Mitchell interjecting—

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