Ursula Stephens (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary Assisting the Prime Minister for Social Inclusion) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Colbeck for his contribution this afternoon and for reminding the Senate of the purpose of the Therapeutic Goods Amendment (Poisons Standard) Bill 2008. As he said, it does make a number of amendments to the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 and addresses the legal consequences of that recent Federal Court decision. It does have some retrospectivity to it which, of course, is not necessarily always a good thing but in this case is a very important factor. I thank those who contributed to the debate and commend the bill to the Senate.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.