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

I did hear the oil example, Minister, but, having seen some of the barneys we've had in this country over nomenclature, I'm sure you understand—for example, the naming of areas in the wine industry. We've also had this issue with honey. I have sat through two Senate inquiries that looked at exactly this issue around trade and imports, including the use of names. I would say—and I know Senator Carr touched on this yesterday—some of these things are very big issues for our industry and our business. As to the idea that that might be considered minor and might not go out to a process which could involve consultation with stakeholders, perhaps internally DFAT have their own process where they might be speaking with stakeholders in this country about these kinds of things, but I would have thought it was very important that that also goes through a parliamentary process.