Glenn Lazarus (Queensland, Palmer United Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Senator Abetz. Australian farmers are doing it tough. In my home state of Queensland over 75 per cent of the state is drought declared. Food security is a national issue and one which the federal government should be protecting and promoting. Since the commencement of the Coles-initiated milk price war in 2011 some 100 dairy farmers in Queensland have been forced to close their businesses. What is the government doing to protect the interests of dairy farmers in Australia?