Report

Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016 [Provisions]

10 October 2016

© Commonwealth of Australia 2016
ISBN 978-1-76010-458-0

View the report as a single document - (PDF 127KB)

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Senate Economics Legislation Committee (PDF 21KB)
Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF 21KB)

Conduct of the inquiry
Overview of the bill
Chapter 2 - Comments on the bill (PDF 42KB)

General support for the bill
Removal of the 50 per cent production cost test
Definition of 'substantial transformation'
Committee view
Additional comments by Senator Nick Xenophon - Country of origin labelling—a long and winding road (PDF 19KB)

Room for improvement
Appendix 1 - Submissions received (PDF 7KB)

Committee Secretariat contact:

Senate Standing Committees on Economics
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600

Phone: +61 2 6277 3540
economics.sen@aph.gov.au

About this inquiry

On 15 September 2016, the Senate referred the provisions of the Competition and Consumer Amendment (Country of Origin) Bill 2016 to the Economics Legislation Committee for inquiry and report on 10 October 2016. 

Submissions closed on 23 September 2016.