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

Thank you very much, Mr President. Had I been able to finish the sentence, I was going to say that those thousand consultations included 150 with a broad range of stakeholders interested in public health areas. There were 50 in the past year. They included Medicines Australia, Choice, the Public Health Association of Australia and intellectual property experts. In fact, just for passing interest, it also included 14 consultations with the ACTU, for example, re the labour chapter of the TPP. The stakeholder consultations are invaluable in shaping our negotiating positions. I said very clearly when I began that the government will not accept a position in the TPP process that would adversely affect Australia's health system.