Senator BRANDIS (Queensland—Attorney-General, Vice-President of the Executive Council and Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:08): What we propose to do, Senator Back, is ban them. The Joint Standing Committee on Electoral Matters examined the issue of foreign political donations and the desirability of regulating or prohibiting them in its interim report, which was delivered in March of this year. In that report, JSCEM recommended that foreign political donations be banned. The Prime Minister, when the JSCEM interim report was delivered, announced that the government would be acting to do so. Senator Farrell: When? Senator BRANDIS: I can tell you, Senator Farrell, that we will be introducing legislation this year for that very purpose. The Special Minister of State, Senator Ryan, and I have already been in discussion with the Solicitor-General, Dr Donaghue, in relation to certain constitutional issues. I expect that Senator Ryan will be in a position to introduce the bill in the spring session. (Time expired) Senator Cameron: What about brown paper bags? Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order! Senator Macdonald and Senator Cameron! Senator Back—a final supplementary question?