Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Xenophon, I think I acknowledged the legitimacy of your concerns and the community’s concerns, and I share those. But—and this is the point that Senator Joyce made in his response—the government sees these issues as being best dealt with under the Privacy Act. As I said, Senator Ludwig recently announced a range of reforms in response to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s privacy report, including stronger protections for cross-border data flows, and that is the way the government intends to deal with the legitimate concerns you raise.

Question put:

That the amendment (Senator Xenophon’s) be agreed to.