Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party, Shadow Minister for Finance and Debt Reduction) Share this | Hansard source

The coalition are very sympathetic to the arguments that have been put forward in regards to business-to-business contracts. We have been also assured by the minister that these issues will be ventilated further in the franchising code of conduct and the unconscionable conduct provisions of the TPA. So at this point in time we give the government the benefit of the doubt. We will wait for that review to come to a conclusion. However, we state on the record that, should there be no further movement in that area, we would be very supportive of changes. But at this point in time, we do not support this amendment—not because we do not agree with the sentiment of it, but because the process of dealing with this issue is, we are assured, in train. We will wait for the conclusion of that process.