Linda Reynolds (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

In fact I've got the comments from Senator Carr—again, completely contradictory to what he said two years ago. This is what Senator Carr said two years ago about the identical bill for the other set of free trade agreements. In the Senate debate on the 2018 bill, Senator Carr argued that the bill should have been introduced as non-controversial legislation, given its minor administrative effect. In fact, he said this: 'These are minor amendments ensuring consistency between our legislation and the various texts of the agreements.' I will leave it to other members of this chamber to make their conclusions about his position now.