Natasha Stott Despoja (SA, Australian Democrats) Share this | Hansard source

I will begin by congratulating Senator Coonan on her appointment as Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate and will ask her a question in her new capacity representing the Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Minister for Trade. I ask the minister: given the recent AWB case, does the minister now agree that it is time for Australia to introduce a corporate code of conduct to ensure greater regulation of overseas business practices exercised by Australian companies?