Chris Pearce (Aston, Liberal Party, Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

Mr Deputy Speaker, it is an amazing thing: we allow the ALP to prattle on with nonsense and rubbish without interrupting them, but we are not entitled to the same courtesy. It is absolutely stunning and amazing, isn’t it?

As I said, the feedback that we receive from Australian businesses throughout Australia is that the very last thing they want is for the Australian Labor Party to get their hands on the Trade Practices Act. I thought that Labor supported this amendment, but we have heard all this rubbish and nonsense for the last 15 or 20 minutes. I thought that they supported this amendment. They certainly did in the Senate. The question was that the amendments be agreed to. The question was not for us to go on and on about nonsense. We think that this amendment makes sense. We think that it does balance those critical areas of promoting competition, protecting consumers and of course looking after business across Australia. I commend the amendments to the House.

Question agreed to.

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