Senate debates

Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:51 pm

Photo of Richard ColbeckRichard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question.Why, when Minister Burke says, ‘Research and innovation are crucial to the government’s plans to make our primary industries productive and more sustainable,’ has the government gutted the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation and terminated Land and Water Australia?

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