Malcolm Roberts (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 557 to remove clause (c)(ii).

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) the Federal Government is responsible for country of origin labelling under the "Country of Origin Food Labelling Information Standard 2016" issued under Part IVB of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010,

  (ii) non-food items are required to be labelled with a country of origin label pursuant to "Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Regulation 2016" issued under the Commerce (Trade Descriptions) Act 1905, sect. 3;

(b) further notes that:

  (i) that numerous examples of failure to comply with clear country of origin labels are being raised by concerned Australians, and

  (ii) there is a growing public sentiment in favour of locally made products; and

(c) calls on the Government to

  (i) enforce existing provisions in 1(a) and 1(b) on legibility and location of country of origin labelling on imported goods; and

Question agreed to.