Budget blues

Bob Katter describes the folly of the TPP and the cost to Australian business and local government

Budget allocation for Federal Court to fight challenges to TPP

Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Implementation

· Costing $15.6million over four years to implement reform to government procurement which are included in the TPP

· $12.4m for IT systems to support transparency in procurements conducted by limited tendering

· $2.9m proactively being given to the Federal Court of Australia to deal with the disputes caused by the changes.

“The TPP takes away the rights of government to protect their people. For example industrial practice that endangers Australian health and lives, for example their right to a decent wage and income,” Mr Katter lamented.

“This money is for enforcement, so if a Local Government Council wants to use local contractors, instead of a big foreign corporation the foreign corporation can come at them. The TPP gives foreign corporations tendering rights that can be enforced. Pretty sad stuff.”