House debates

Monday, 24 November 2014

Questions without Notice

Dairy Industry

2:37 pm

Photo of Barnaby JoyceBarnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

Now, with over 4,000 dairy farmers in Victoria, we are going to see a real increase in investment. That investment is happening already. It is happening already. Hope Dairies have put half a billion dollars on the table. They have put half a billion dollars on the table to expand dairy in an area where it is currently closing down in the Burnett. We see that Murray Goulburn is expanding their dairy production. Norco has just got a new contract for 90,000 litres over three months. This is a great return.

Opposition members interjecting

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