House debates
Tuesday, 25 March 2014
Statements by Members
Page Electorate: Agriculture
1:59 pm
Kevin Hogan (Page, National Party) Share this | Hansard source
Tomorrow, farmers in Page will have the opportunity to have their say on how Australia can build an agricultural sector that grows and delivers greater return to our nation and the farm gate. The government's white paper on agriculture competitiveness will hold a stakeholder meeting in Lismore tomorrow, to which I have invited members of every agricultural sector in my community.
The stakeholder meetings will allow our local farmers and food producers to have significant input into the development of the white paper, which develops many issues so that agricultural producers can get better policies. As I am told, one issue with the past government was that policies such as banning live cattle exports can do great harm to our agricultural sector. One of the reasons for this white paper is to make sure that this government develops better policy for all sectors. (Time expired)
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