Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I will answer part of that question rather than provide you with a running commentary that you are incapable of dealing with. This government has been clearly raising the issue of animal welfare right across its export markets. In January I wrote to industry and indicated they needed to improve their animal welfare outcomes. Industry responded to that with an action plan, which I indicated I did not endorse as it did not go far enough. Certainly the time lines involved in that were too long. They were not going to address the broader issues of how we maintain animal welfare outcomes. I have consistently said that industry has failed to take responsibility for this industry. Industry has let down its own producers in this area. Senator Joyce fails to appreciate— (Time expired)