Senate debates

Wednesday, 8 February 2017

Bills

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016; In Committee

6:48 pm

Photo of Nick XenophonNick Xenophon (SA, Nick Xenophon Team) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased. I had discussions with Senator Nash and the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Barnaby Joyce, although I am not sure whether he was Deputy Prime Minister at the time that did not seem to go as far as I wanted. Can the minister indicate, as a matter of principle, what is his and his government's view? As a matter of principle, should Australian consumers who go to the supermarket and know where their seafood comes from also have that right and degree of information when they go into a fish and chip shop or a restaurant? Should they know at the very least whether it is local Australian seafood or imported?

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