Senate debates

Monday, 16 March 2009

CUSTOMS TARIFF AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES; No. 1) Bill 2009; EXCISE TARIFF AMENDMENT (2009 MEASURES; No. 1) Bill 2009

Second Reading

8:16 pm

Photo of Gary HumphriesGary Humphries (ACT, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I must be angry, indeed, Senator. That evidence has not been collected. The interval of one year has not been used to produce the case for this legislation. The government has not even gone away to research this issue, to the best of our observation on the Senate inquiry. If we had been assured that there was some long-term research underway by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, or something of that kind, we would have been reassured, but it is not there.

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