Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

In regards to Senator Xenophon’s further amendment, although we have sympathy once more about the issue of material going overseas, we believe that it would be more appropriate to place this information under the Privacy Act. There are a range of conditions under the Privacy Act that deal with this issue. Therefore, we will not be supporting this amendment. We would be more inclined to follow the provisions that are already laid down in the Privacy Act.