Senator TAMBLING (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aged Care.) (9:37 AM) —I believe the opposition has not fully grasped the system that is currently in place and which would continue for FSANZ—that is, the authority has the flexibility to choose the most effective means to notify relevant stakeholders as well as the public. Essentially, it is an issue of effectiveness, not cost. Our preference would have been to retain throughout the bill the requirements for FSANZ to give public notice, as ANZFA does currently. I understand this is what the Democrats moved the last time that the ANZFA Act was amended, and it would have provided flexibility for FSANZ in relation to its notification arrangements. However, the government will not oppose the amendments in the interests of progressing the bill.

Amendments agreed to.