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Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Ryan, Sen Scott
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Milne, Sen Christine
- Ryan, Sen Scott
- Sherry, Sen Nick
- Xenophon, Sen Nick
- Madigan, Sen John
- Division
- Third Reading
- Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) Bill 2010, Human Rights (Parliamentary Scrutiny) (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2010
- Third Reading
- Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011, Social Security Amendment (Student Income Support Reforms) Bill 2011
- Third Reading
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Deterring People Smuggling Bill 2011
- Second Reading
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In Committee
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Brown, Sen Bob
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Brown, Sen Bob
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Brown, Sen Bob
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Brown, Sen Bob
- Bernardi, Sen Cory
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Hanson-Young, Sen Sarah
- Ronaldson, Sen Michael
- Ludwig, Sen Joe
- Third Reading
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Competition and Consumer Legislation Amendment Bill 2011
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COMMITTEES
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QUESTIONS ON NOTICE
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (Question No. 686)
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Finance and Deregulation (Question No. 1103)
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Finance and Deregulation: Staffing (Question No. 1124)
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Special Minister of State: Staffing (Question No. 1149)
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Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Question No. 1179)
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Charitable Organisations (Question No. 1222)
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Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (Question No. 1223)
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Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 1266)
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Carbon Pricing (Question No. 1269)
(Macdonald, Sen Ian, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Austrade (Question No. 1280)
(Milne, Sen Christine, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (Question No. 1281)
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Wong, Sen Penny) -
Mr Assange, Julian (Question No. 1282)
(Ludlam, Sen Scott, Conroy, Sen Stephen) -
Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities (Question No. 1286)
(Abetz, Sen Eric, Conroy, Sen Stephen)
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Australian Bureau of Statistics (Question No. 686)
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Senator XENOPHON (South Australia) (11:51): I am grateful to the minister for those answers. I want to go further. I refer my friends in the coalition to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics report, The need, scope and content of a definition of unconscionable conduct for the purposes of part IVA of the Trade Practices Act 1974. It is a December 2008 report—it is amazing to think that three years have passed so quickly. There are additional comments made by both the coalition and myself about the need for a statutory definition of unconscionable conduct. I am pleased that the coalition took that view at that time and I hope it is still their view.
Notwithstanding that, I want to get to the nub of the issues of the specific amendments proposed by the government. Does the government expect that there will be more cases brought to court as a result of these amendments to the definition of unconscionable conduct?