Richard Marles (Corio, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

Australians deserve better than this, and it's high time this government got on with governing in the national interest and not its own interest.

Notwithstanding the government's tardy handling of this legislation, Labor will always work constructively on issues such as those contemplated in this bill. Disrupting illicit tobacco supply chains is unquestionably in the national interest, and it is critical that our border security officials have the powers they need to do the job we ask of them efficiently and effectively. That is why Labor supports this bill.

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