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

Minister, you're prosecuting your case, as you are entitled to do, but my question was: would this amendment from One Nation, which we have to consider voting on, be workable given the free trade deals that we have signed? Could you advise us whether it would be a breach of Australia's free trade obligations under any particular free trade deal—for example, the Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement and the Trade in Services Agreement, which is currently being negotiated? Would it be a breach or would it be considered discriminatory if majority owned Australian businesses—not a foreign business incorporated as a subsidiary in Australia—were to be able to access this fund? Could you please provide that advice or say that you'll take it on notice? I don't mind, but we need to make a decision here today on whether we are going to support One Nation's amendment.