Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee: ‘I’m not going to introduce, nor is this Government going to introduce, legislation that won’t work’. Photograph: Sam Boal/CollinsThere are “no plans” to drop the Occupied Territories Bill but the legislation is “not straightforward” and “we have to get this right”, Minister for Foreign Affairs Helen McEntee has said. The current Coalition has promised to progress legislation prohibiting goods from Occupied Palestinian Territories. Lawmakers and others have warned that the Occupied Territories Bill would make it difficult for some multinationals to operate legally in both jurisdictions. I’m not going to introduce, nor is this Government going to introduce, legislation that won’t work, that isn’t appropriate, that can be challenged, but that also might have detrimental implications.
