▶ TPP - Wikileaks has released another bombshell - YouTube

▶ TPP - Wikileaks has released another bombshell - YouTube

Critics of the TPP are concerned that the deal could affect anything from the cost of medicines to the intellectual property rights of Australian citizens who compete with competitors in Pacific countries, notably the US.

However trade minister Andrew Robb  said no final agreement had been made and he committed not to subscribe to anything not in the interests of the Australian people, including on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.

The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says the disclosure in the Senate of information relating to the multilateral agreement would be prejudicial to Australia’s interests and would breach the government’s commitments to other negotiating nations.

“Accordingly and consistent with long standing Senate conventions the government claims public interest immunity in relation to the documents covered by this order,” Cormann said in his letter to the Senate.

Whish-Wilson described the Senate order as “a win for every Australian who demanded to know how their farm, small business, cost of medicines, labour rights, internet freedoms, and local environment could be affected by this nation's biggest ever trade negotiation.”

"What this letter says is that the Abbott government will not abide by the will of the Senate to allow all Australians the right to know how the TPPA trade deal will affect their lives and businesses because the United States has not said it is OK to do so,” he said.

"The Abbott government has shown contempt for the Senate and the Australian people.”