Senate debates

Thursday, 10 November 2011

Bills

Tobacco Plain Packaging Bill 2011, Trade Marks Amendment (Tobacco Plain Packaging) Bill 2011; In Committee

7:24 pm

Photo of Jan McLucasJan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

I will say it really clearly. You are saying that the World Health Organisation is recommending it. This is a draft document. It is still being negotiated. To jump to say that this is a WHO recommendation set in concrete, set in stone, is probably not accurate. These negotiations are ongoing as we speak, so to say that we are not following a WHO protocol would, I think, be inaccurate.

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