Barry O'Sullivan (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 793 before seeking to have the motion taken as formal.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate:

(a) notes that:

(i) the opportunity now exists for Australian mango growers – a $110 million a year industry that produces the best mangoes in the world – to nominate for export to lucrative markets such as the United States of America, China, Japan and Korea,

(ii) a key to increasing farm gate returns for Australian producers is through creating new trade opportunities for Australia’s agricultural sector, and

(iii) since September 2013, the Government has achieved 42 key market access gains or restorations of suspended markets, and 14 key market access improvements or actions to maintain market access; and

(b) calls on the Australian Greens to reconsider their opposition to free trade agreements, placing in jeopardy Australian producers’ access to new markets and the growth of primary production export industries.