Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. At Senate estimates earlier this year, I asked the deputy head of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade why the department does not share with Treasury its national interest analysis outlining the benefits of these trade deals for the Australian economy. The answer I got was that, from an economy-wide perspective, these deals would not be significant enough to alter Treasury forecasting of GDP. Does the minister not agree with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade?