Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

I've been advised that, for the ISDS provisions to be invoked, the procurement needs to be considered to be an investment, and the majority of procurements would not be seen to be an investment. And the investments are those investments that are covered and specified within the treaty. So your issue in terms of the waiving of the right to access ISDS is perhaps not relevant in this case.