Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Bills

Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; In Committee

12:42 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Chair, I'm not going to take the chamber through each of the negotiating rounds of the agreements. We have the agreements that have been considered by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties, the legislation that's before us. As I outlined, when it comes to protection of the Australian government's right to legislate on tobacco or to regulate the tobacco sector, each of these agreements clearly preserves the right for the Australian government to do so.

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