Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

This is the first time that we, as a government, have gone through an assessment of what should be on the list. I think I've indicated in my earlier responses to questions that period products certainly weren't in the right place on the list; that's for sure. The department and agency have already responded to feedback in relation to that question, and I understand why people would have been concerned, to say the least, about where that was allocated and how that was described.

We will listen and we are listening to feedback on this question, and the government will make decisions in relation to that, consistent with the approach that I've outlined. Without providing some sort of adjudication on this question while on my feet, it would be, I think, quite straightforward to make the case that the kinds of circumstances that you describe attach themselves to the kind of disability that arises from sections 24 and 25. I understand your complaint on this goes slightly broader than that. The government is listening carefully to that feedback.