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

What I can say clearly is that by continuing to drive innovation and productivity I am confident that meat processors across Australia will become more competitive. As we move to a clean energy economy they will also continue to make sound commercial decisions about how they can not only continue to be competitive and productive but also continue to be commercially orientated.

They are not going to simply listen to Senator Joyce and stop producing at a particular point when their beast, as far as his numbers are concerned, reaches about 5,200 bucks, which equates to about $500 for a leg of lamb. They are not going to do that. They are going to continue to take commercial decisions. We as a government have ensured that they can find opportunities and drive their carbon price down. (Time expired)