Rex Patrick (SA, Centre Alliance) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Minister, for articulating the thought process that you went through. Obviously, if I went to the Europeans or to the US, they probably would think about matters in much the same way as you have; but they've managed to come to a different conclusion. The burden of my question is: have you looked at their reasoning and have we discussed with the Europeans, and indeed the US, why they have now taken a different course on ISDS? We may well benefit from some of their experience. I'm just wondering if we've had conversations, whether we've looked to why it is that they have done what they've done, and then tried to consider whether or not that was relevant for Australia. Maybe you did and maybe you came to a different conclusion. I'm just going to the due diligence that you've been through in coming to the conclusion you have come to.