Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I will take the more specific aspects of the last part of Senator Whish-Wilson's question on notice and seek some advice from the Minister for Trade and Investment. What I can say is that the government have made their position on the TPP process perfectly clear. We will not accept any outcome in the TPP that would adversely affect Australia's health system. We will not sign up to any international agreement that restricts the Australian government's capacity to govern in Australia's own interests, whether it is in the area of health care, the environment or in any other regulated area of the economy. The minister has also made absolutely clear that there has been extensive consultation in the process leading up to the TPP development. In fact I think we are now up to over 1,000 stakeholder consultations since 2011. That includes 150 with a broad range of stakeholders who are interested in public health issues, for example—