Senate debates

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Bills

National Security Legislation Amendment (Espionage and Foreign Interference) Bill 2018, Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme Bill 2018; In Committee

10:37 am

Photo of Nick McKimNick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I don't accept that at all, and I want to talk you through why I don't accept that. Actually, perhaps we can do this in question and answer, which is the way the forms of this committee are established. If somebody took a protest action with the intent of damaging Australia's economic relations with another country would that be caught under the sabotage provisions because of the way national security is defined in section 90.4?

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