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

9:16 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

They didn’t even talk to the health department when it was being designed. You cannot come in here and tell me that this was a genuine process. As I said at the outset, this was poorly conceived, it was poorly designed and it is most assuredly being poorly handled—and the Senate should not pass this legislation.

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