Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Bills

Customs Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019, Customs Tariff Amendment (Growing Australian Export Opportunities Across the Asia-Pacific) Bill 2019; In Committee

12:39 pm

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

Each of these agreements are matters of negotiation, but the Indonesia agreement and the Peru agreement contain clear public health exemptions, in terms of the Australian government's rights, and counterpart governments' rights, to be able to legislate and regulate in those areas, and those public health exemptions would capture tobacco regulation as well.

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