Simon Crean (Hotham, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

I second the amendments moved by the member for Hunter. The effect of these amendments is to do two things. First of all they deal the ACCC back in as the decision maker in the authorisation process. By the government’s proposal to reject this message from the Senate, we are being asked to effectively bypass the ACCC when it comes to the authorisation process and to give that power to the Australian Competition Tribunal.

See this speech in context