Whish-Wilson, Sen Peter

Senator WHISH-WILSON (Tasmania) (14:25): Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I have children and I know not to reward bad behaviour! When John Howard excluded investor state dispute settlement clauses from the US free trade agreement, Mark Vaile said We do not believe that [ISDS] is necessary in an agreement between two highly developed economies with very transparent legal systems … The coalition government has recently agreed to ISDS provisions with Korea, China and the US via the TPP. Have you included ISDS because you now believe the legal systems of China, Korea and the US are not of sufficient standards to allow Australian companies to invest there? (Time expired)