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

I thank Senator Gallacher for his question. All the members of this government appreciate and support Australian agriculture, rather than talking it down like those opposite. The Gillard government is making strong investments into Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry. It is a Labor government that is driving reform, that is setting the right priorities to increase productivity and profitability in rural Australia. As always, the job of supporting our farmers falls to a Labor government, cleaning up the mess that the coalition government—

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