❓ Hon. Kate Doust questions the Minister for Commerce regarding support for further deregulation of Sunday trading, prompted by a petition and comments from other ministers. The Minister's response indicates incremental changes may be considered, but no radical changes are planned.
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SUNDAY TRADING
185. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Minister for Commerce:
I refer to The Sunday Times article on 8 March this
year headed ''Petition for more trading''. Does the minister
support the call by the Minister for Small Business, Joe Francis, and Hon Phil Edman
to further deregulate Sunday trading?
185. Hon KATE DOUST to the
Minister for Commerce:
I refer to The Sunday Times article on 8 March this
year headed ''Petition for more trading''. Does the minister
support the call by the Minister for Small Business, Joe Francis, and Hon Phil Edman
to further deregulate Sunday trading?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for the question.
The government's position on this has been stated on
numerous occasions in the past: we have made some significant changes to retail
trading hours over the last several years. There will be no radical change in
this term of government. We are expecting to introduce incremental changes to
iron out some anomalies where those can be identified and fixed.
Hon Kate Doust interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Let us
hear the answer.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Hon Phil Edman, of course, is representing
what he considers to be the interests of his constituents and the businesses in
his area and, like any Liberal member of this Parliament, he is entitled to
canvass the view of his constituency and put forward proposals for policy
changes, and what he discovers in the course of his inquiries is something that
will inform the development of policy in due course. Ultimately, however,
decisions on any change to retail trading hours will be mine at the first
instance and will have to be approved by cabinet. As far as Minister Francis is
concerned, he is the Minister for Small Business, and if small businesses are
telling him that they are keen to have changes to retail trading hours, he can
put forward his recommendations to me and I, as the responsible minister, will
assess those against other evidence and make my decisions accordingly and
recommend them to cabinet.
The government's position on this has been stated on
numerous occasions in the past: we have made some significant changes to retail
trading hours over the last several years. There will be no radical change in
this term of government. We are expecting to introduce incremental changes to
iron out some anomalies where those can be identified and fixed.
Hon Kate Doust interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order! Let us
hear the answer.
Hon MICHAEL MISCHIN : Hon Phil Edman, of course, is representing
what he considers to be the interests of his constituents and the businesses in
his area and, like any Liberal member of this Parliament, he is entitled to
canvass the view of his constituency and put forward proposals for policy
changes, and what he discovers in the course of his inquiries is something that
will inform the development of policy in due course. Ultimately, however,
decisions on any change to retail trading hours will be mine at the first
instance and will have to be approved by cabinet. As far as Minister Francis is
concerned, he is the Minister for Small Business, and if small businesses are
telling him that they are keen to have changes to retail trading hours, he can
put forward his recommendations to me and I, as the responsible minister, will
assess those against other evidence and make my decisions accordingly and
recommend them to cabinet.
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