Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Australian Greens amendment (1) on sheet 1078:

(1) Clause 4, page 5 (after line 3), after the definition of Australia's foreign policy, insert:

Australia ' s foreign relations means the relationship between Australia and foreign countries arising out of their dealings with each other.

This amendment is to define what 'foreign relations' means in the bill. A consistent theme throughout all the discussion and debate we have had on this bill is that key terms and definitions are undefined or poorly defined. This is a very simple amendment. We think it would have been a pretty obvious thing to include a definition of foreign relations. We hope that it's a useful one that will provide clarity in the legislation about, indeed, the extent of what is covered by this legislation.

The CHAIR: The question is that amendment (1) on sheet 1078, as moved by Senator Rice, be agreed to.