Scott Ludlam (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The question is that amendment (1) on sheet 7418, circulated in the names of Senator Xenophon and Senator Madigan, be agreed to:

(1) Schedule 1, page 4 (after line 14), after item 6, insert:

6A At the end of Division 1 of Part XVB

  Add:

269TBAB Reporting information about imports into Australia

(1) The Commissioner must:

  (a) establish a publicly available free website; and

  (b) publish on the website, and keep updated, such information as prescribed by the regulation made for the purpose of this subsection.

(2) The regulation made for the purpose of paragraph (1)(a) must:

  (a) include details of the kind of information that the Commissioner must publish, and keep updated, on the website; and

  (b) include a requirement that the following information about individual shipments of goods exported to Australia be published on the website:

     (i) the country of origin of the shipment;

     (ii) the type of goods in the shipment;

     (iii) the volume of the shipment;

     (iv) the value of the shipment.

(3) Before recommending that the Governor-General make a regulation for the purpose of this section, the Minister must consult with the Commissioner about the kind of information that should be published on the website.