Senator TAMBLING (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care.) (5:30 PM) —The government accept this bill, as it is now, without the amendment previously passed in this chamber. I remind senators that the government have negotiated with both the ALP and the Democrats on this bill. Several changes have been made as a result of this. We have brought forward the date after which no new events will be given an exemption, and we have agreed to provide an annual report on the exemptions granted and infringements of the terms of those exemptions. Our objective since announcing our intention to change this act and since introducing this bill in May has remained simple: to remove all remaining options for tobacco advertising in sport. Much has been said in the past couple of days about the possibility of changing the act to end sponsorship of political events. The amendments proposed by the ALP would have done nothing of the sort. If the ALP want to do something about sponsorship of political events, they should turn their attention to the Electoral Act. The only thing the amendments might have done is place this act at risk of being challenged in the courts. We would not and could not knowingly place this act at such a risk. The government accept this bill as it is now and are proud of what it achieves. This is a world first in tobacco control and yet another concrete action to reduce the harm caused by tobacco in our community.