Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

There is an additional important factor which I actually suspect at least some members of the Liberal Party do understand on this issue—that is, the issue of business certainty: the need to provide businesses with a given decision and to provide that certainty. Again, it is absolutely vital for our farming community to have certainty. The Rudd government has strived to provide this certainty to business with every single decision it has made, and nowhere is it more important than in this area in particular. The businesses of Australia, and in particular the farming sector, do need certainty in order to move forward, to be constructive on the various issues and to adapt to the various changes that are required given the seriousness of climate change. This government is absolutely committed, and it has shown its commitment in the rural sector. (Time expired)