Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The government has missed the amendment that has just been agreed to by the Senate that changed the word ‘legislate’ to the word ‘examine’. Also, it should understand—and I think that every member of this place will understand—the frustration there is when, pretty well every time you get a new phone, you need a new phone charger to go with it, and out go chargers all over the place. It is an extraordinarily bungled system, and there should be a simple phone charger that all phones are adapted to. An agreement has been reached on that with industry in Europe, and this motion, if passed, would have the government examine—in concert with the industry—getting such an agreement brought in in Australia pronto, so that we end the extreme waste and frustration that there is with there being such a plethora of phone chargers.