George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

Senator Xenophon, you can be reassured that all relevant considerations have been had regard to by the government. The learning and case law on section 51(xxxi), which is about the acquisition of property, is, as the High Court has said—actually quite recently, again—premised upon the notion of a transfer of title, not merely the imposition of an obligation. There must be some transfer of ownership, and that is not the case here.