QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE › Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Senator PATRICK (South Australia) (14:33): While the ISDS mechanisms in the CPTPP contain safeguards to protect Australia's interest to regulate in the public interest, as you mentioned, the only clear exclusion of public interest regulation in the CPTPP is that governments can choose to exclude tobacco regulation. Can the minister please confirm whether this is the only exclusion or whether there are other exclusions relating to, for example, public education or social services?