Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Murray Darling Basin) Share this | Hansard source

I try to be, Senator Brandis. It is a pity that the government was not willing to engage in sensible discussions that could have seen an extension of the graphic warnings applied under the Howard government so that they overwhelmed the packaging, but would not have exposed Australia to the hypocrisy of undermining our longstanding position on strong intellectual property rights and would not have potentially exposed the Australian taxpayer to claims over the loss of brand as a result of this legislation.

Debate interrupted.