Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I oppose schedule 1 in the following terms:

(1) Schedule 1, item 1, page 3 (lines 4 to 11), to be opposed.

(2) Schedule 1, items 8 and 9, page 4 (lines 8 to 21), to be opposed.

(3) Schedule 1, item 13, page 5 (lines 3 to 9), to be opposed.

I also move:

(4) Schedule 1, item 18, page 5 (line 26), omit "items 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13 and 14", substitute "items 2, 5, 10 and 14".

To clarify any confusion that occurred earlier, this amendment is consequential to the amendments in respect of item 2, which relates to the lesser duty rule. The government's proposal would see the lesser duty rule applied if a country has made a report once in every four years, but the current WTO practice is every two years, and I know that the opposition has had a particular concern about this, has have the Australian Greens. I want to acknowledge Senator Whish-Wilson in respect of his longstanding concerns about these issues of dumping, as well as Senator Madigan, who has been a champion on these issues as well. So it is a consequential amendment to the amendment that was previously moved and accepted, which was amendment (2) on sheet 7694, which related to part 11 of schedule 1 of the Customs Amendment (Anti-dumping Measures) Bill (No. 1) 2015.

All four amendments relate to notification of subsidies, which are consequential to the previous amendments that have just been passed on sheet 7694 in respect of the other bill.