House debates

Tuesday, 10 September 2024

Questions without Notice

Western Australia: Economy

2:38 pm

Photo of Anthony AlbaneseAnthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

That is an area that is in transition, successfully, just as some farming practices will change, successfully. I have faith in our farmers, and I have faith in our resources sector. When it comes to farmers, what we have done is, firstly, restore trade relationships on cotton, timber, oaten hay, barley and wine. It's pretty close between the resources sector and the farming sector—$20 billion of additional trade in exports that were gone prior to us being in government. We've delivered $1.1 billion for a connectivity plan for regional and rural Australia. Australia's red meat exporters are hitting record highs, with emerging markets accounting for unprecedented demand for locally processed beef and lamb.

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