Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Minister, the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, in draft, allegedly contains clauses relevant to the operation of state owned enterprises which are seen as a barrier to unregulated trade and competition. We also understand that states' parties can submit a list of exempted enterprises. Has the government placed the ABC and SBS on its exemption list or is the government intending to use the Trans-Pacific Partnership as a lever to privatise or part-privatise the operations of the ABC and SBS?