James McGrath (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The government opposes Senator Xenophon's motion that Australia's offer made as part of negotiations to accede to the World Trade Organisation government procurement agreement and responses to that offer be laid on the table. As is standard treaty-making practice adopted by coalition and Labor governments alike, working documents related to Australia's treaty negotiations are not publicly available nor would we make public the documents of our negotiating partners who share them with us in confidence. I table a letter from the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment to Senator Xenophon dated 30 August 2016 and relating to this matter.