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

I think Senator O'Sullivan for his supplementary question. This is a very welcome increase in the export trade which will enable sustainability and growth within this sector for farmers, primary producers, all the logistics that are involved, and the exporters as well. If I might say—and Senator O'Sullivan is right to concentrate on this—it is, in particular, good news for the viability of a number of Indigenous cattle stations and all the people that they employ. In fact, there are 96 Indigenous owned pastoral leases across Western Australia, your home state of Queensland and the Northern Territory. There are 14,000 Indigenous people living on, or near, these pastoral leases. They all stand to significantly gain from this government's re-enhancement of our live exports and ensuring more sustainable markets for the future. (Time expired)