Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 557 standing in my name relating to food labelling by removing clause (c)(ii).

Leave granted.

I move the motion, as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the Federal Government is responsible for country of origin labelling under the "Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016" issued under Part IVB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010,

  (ii) non-food items are required to be labelled with a country of origin label pursuant to "Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Regulation 2016" issued under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, sect. 3;

(b) further notes that:

  (i) that numerous examples of failure to comply with clear country of origin labels are being raised by concerned Australians, and

  (ii) there is a growing public sentiment in favour of locally made products; and

(c) calls on the Government to

  (i) enforce existing provisions in 1(a) and 1(b) on legibility and location of country of origin labelling on imported goods;

Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—Could we come back to this motion? We need to take further advice. Our advice is to oppose it but I would like to see if that amendment changes our advice.

Scott Ryan (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

With the leave of the Senate, we will come back to No. 557 at the conclusion.