Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I refer the senator to government statements yesterday. It was all over the front page of national newspapers that the Chinese trade deal will boost exports by $18 billion over the next decade. Why is the government quoting figures from a 10-year-old, 2005, study that included the now-false assumptions that wheat, rice and sugar would be part of the deal? Surely you have done some modelling since 2005 on the potential risks and benefits of this trade deal.