Malarndirri McCarthy (NT, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

I certainly have made the comments both in my summing up and to you and Senator Cadell that this is about plain packaging and reducing the harm that is created through smoking across Australia. It is incredibly significant that we can pass this legislation to streamline the changes we need, in terms of packaging, to reduce the amount of smoking in our country because we are very concerned, especially from all the evidence that was provided to the Senate committee by public health groups—in particular, the Australian Cancer Council—about the high rates of cancer in Australia.