Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I am very pleased to see that there is now going to be a move on country-of-origin labelling, but I would encourage Minister Joyce and Minister Macfarlane to consult with those people in the parliament who have been working on country-of-origin labelling for a long time. I note in the motion that Mr Joyce is mentioned and that in August 2009 Mr Barnaby Joyce, who was a senator then, sought to have his name added to Senator Bob Brown's bill to require Food Standards Australia and New Zealand to develop and approve food-product labelling standards. Of course, there have been several occasions since, with three bills of my own, where we have struggled to have Minister Joyce to support them. I would welcome Minister Joyce speaking to the Greens on this, since we have considerable experience in it.

Question agreed to.