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

Minister, you just accused me of being patronising a few minutes ago. Your idea is that somehow we are filibustering and trying to waste the committee's time by asking really important questions about supposedly the biggest multilateral trade and investment deal this country has ever signed. It has taken 13 years to get to this point. It has been highly controversial and extremely complex, and we still don't feel like we've got any answers out of this. I think you need to take on board that, if you're hearing similar questions repeated by various senators, it is probably because you didn't answer them in the first place.

The CHAIR: The question is that the amendment standing in the name of Senator Hanson-Young be agreed to.