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

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. The investor-state dispute settlement chapter in ChAFTA does not appear to have been finalised, which is unprecedented. Can the government guarantee that Australia will not be sued by Chinese companies for simply changing policy or laws in the public interest? Could, for example, the Shenhua Watermark coalmine use strategic ISDS litigation to challenge changes to future state and federal environmental laws that impact on their investment?