Barnaby Joyce (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

In both instances this recommittal is an extremely important thing. I am absolutely 100 per cent behind what Senator Mary Jo Fisher put up in that amendment. It is absolutely vital that people in the horticulture industry understand that there was a process here a short while ago where we had actually got somewhere and delivered something back to them that is vitally important for employment in that area. I ask Senator Brown to clearly understand the ramifications of what happens if he now changes that vote and changes that position. I think it should be clearly spelt out to all the people in those horticulture industries that what Senator Brown is about to do is to make so many of those industries unviable because of the overhead that will come on top of where they are currently. Senator Brown, you should really think about that before you recommit your vote.