Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I have not seen the report that Senator Wong refers to. I'm not aware of the report and so I certainly cannot speak to any such report. I can restate, as I did before, that the only threat that I am aware of to the successful conclusion of negotiations around the comprehensive economic partnership agreement is the policies of those opposite, announced recently, in fact on the front page of today's Financial Review, which demonstrate that Labor would be incapable in government, it seems, of concluding and ratifying that agreement, because they have announced that they stand against aspects of that agreement that has been successfully negotiated by the Liberal-National government.