Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

The minister frequently talks to stakeholders in this industry and gets their views. For instance, only today I was talking about the Minerals Council about their views on a range of pieces of legislation.

I think you're conflating two different pieces of legislation here, with respect, Senator Hume. This is not a piece of legislation about the safeguards. We'll move to that later on this evening, after we've passed this legislation. We're here talking about the National Reconstruction Fund, and I personally think that your questions ought to be directed to that fund and not conflate it with another issue.