Competition and Consumer Amendment (Unfair Trading Practices) Bill 2026

Senator SCARR (Queensland) (12:13): In the report of the Economics Legislation Committee, the Law Council of Australia—and these are the legal experts; I recognise, Minister, that you have many talents, but you're not a lawyer—says: The Committee strongly submits that the prohibition needs to include a materiality threshold (for example, "significantly", "materially" or "substantially") to provide greater certainty for businesses and consumers.

Why are you right and the Law Council of Australia wrong?