Ian Macfarlane (Groom, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Seeing that we are in this position of hearing that people are so vehemently committed to achieving things, we should reflect on the short time that this government has been in and on just what it does actually deliver on when it says, particularly during election campaigns, that it is committed. I hope that the relationship between Australia and New Zealand is an area where the Minister for Trade actually delivers on something he has vehemently committed to. But we know full well that he did not deliver on what he wanted in the EMDG Scheme and that he was completely rolled by the ERC and had funding cut back to the negotiation of the FTA.

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