Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator McKenzie for her continued interest in the carbon price, particularly as it impacts in rural Australia. What we do know is that there is a $1.7 billion Land Sector Package, which is designed to assist the farming community through both the CFI and also then to deal with reduction in carbon.

In fact I have had the opportunity of visiting many farmers across New South Wales and Victoria who come out to find out how they can participate in the Carbon Farming Initiative, how they can participate in the carbon market and how they can continue to access available grants—both Filling the Research Gap and Action on the Ground—and also the communication package. All of that is good news for the farming community—unlike the doormats for the Liberal Party; they do not want to assist farmers—because they are on the front line when it comes to climate change.