Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I am grateful to the minister for that answer but if she could elaborate as to this in terms of the international trade remedies adviser through the Ai Group, and I know the Australian Industry Group has done a lot of good work in relation to this. As I understand it, the international trade remedies adviser can give general advice but they do not have the resources to actually take on a case. It is an advisory service rather than an advocacy service, and what businesses such as Tindo Solar require is advocacy to ensure that they have a fighting chance of taking on a case. So to what extent can the advisory service provide advocacy services and does the government concede that there is a real issue there for small and medium businesses and even larger businesses in this country when dealing with dumping issues?