"It confirms some of our worst fears, We are handing over control to unaccountable foreign multinational corporations to give them the power to sue governments for protecting people's health and protecting the environment." - Senator Di Natale "The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership runs 5,554 pages. This is, by definition, anti-democratic...These 5,554 pages are like the Lilliputians binding down Gulliver. They will enmesh our great country, and economy, in a global commission where bureaucrats from Brunei have the same vote as the United States." - U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) "There are real concerns that the final text that they have with criminal procedures and penalties don't have very clear defences, particularly in relation to journalists and whistleblowers, So I'd be very concerned about how those measures might impact on freedom of speech and freedom of the press." " Dr Rimmer “The TPP is not progressive. It is a bad deal for working families. Full stop.” – Rep. Keith Ellison