Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Employment) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, we welcome the increase in the live cattle export trade, because it will sustain a significant number of the 370,000 jobs in agriculture and create many more jobs for farmers, primary producers, exporters and, as I have already said, in Indigenous communities. In particular, these agreements will secure the growing number of jobs in the 96 Indigenous-owned pastoral leases across Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory. The 14,000 Indigenous people living on or near these pastoral leases stand to significantly gain from the coalition government's success in boosting the live cattle export trade since coming to office. The government is committed to promoting jobs growth in Western Australia's live cattle export industry by opening up even more avenues for trade and investment.