Senate debates
Wednesday, 20 March 2013
Questions without Notice
Rural Research and Development
2:40 pm
Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source
I thank Senator Pratt for her first supplementary question. The Gillard government supports new opportunities in agriculture, unlike those opposite. Our $38 billion in agricultural exports are vital to primary industries and to regional communities. These exports are supported by the Trade and Market Access branch, a very vital part of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, which looks at opening up new opportunities in market. But, under the secret list prepared by the IPA, it is important—
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