House debates

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

Excise Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Bill 2009

Consideration of Senate Message

Bill returned from the Senate with requested amendments.

Ordered that the requested amendments be considered immediately.

Senate’s requested amendments—

(1)
Clause 2, page 2 (after table item 2), insert:

2A.

Schedule 1A

At the same time as Schedule 1A to the Customs Tariff Amendment (2009 Measures No. 1) Act 2009 commences.

(2)
Page 3 (after line 9), after Schedule 1, insert:

Schedule 1A—Ready-to-drink beverages

Excise Tariff Act 1921

1  Schedule (cell at table item 2, column headed “Rate of Duty”)

Repeal the cell, substitute:

$40.82 per litre of alcohol

6:30 pm

Photo of Nicola RoxonNicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | | Hansard source

I move:

That the requested amendments be not made.

The shadow minister and I have agreed that neither of us will speak to this measure; we simply refer to our speeches from the previous bill.

Question put.