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

Mr President, I have a supplementary question. Does the government concede, as noted in the report, that many of the strategies required to reduce the impact of the carbon tax may require substantial capital investment, that producers are currently operating on very slim margins and are likely to struggle, as will those that currently lack the necessary capital, skills or knowledge to transform their businesses, and that there will be a gap between the introduction of the carbon price and the commencement of assistance to growers to make the adaptive changes necessary for their survival?