Barnaby Joyce (New England, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. She would know more than most about the cattle industry. The cattle industry employs up to 8,000 people in her area. In Rockhampton and the Fitzroy region there are about 2.4 million cattle, and beef cattle accounts for about 75 per cent of all farms. We see that beef cattle is forecast to top $12.5 billion out of our record $60 billion worth of agricultural production this year. We will see that $8.3 billion worth of that production go overseas; that is almost double what it was under the Labor Party, who were absolutely hopeless as far as the cattle industry was concerned.

We are supporting not only the cattle industry but the Beef Expo in Rockhampton—

Mr Champion interjecting—

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