George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Let me finish that last point: ultimately, 95 per cent of Australian exports to China will be tariff-free. Senator Whish-Wilson, you and your Greens colleagues may not regard that as an achievement but, universally, it has been regarded as an achievement and the praise that has rightly been lavished upon my colleague Andrew Robb in the last 24 hours is richly deserved.

Senator Whish-Wilson, in relation to the particular matter, the FIRB thresholds, you have pointed out that the text of the free trade agreement has not been released. It will be released in due course, and I am not going to comment on what may or may not be in the text of a yet-to-be-released treaty.