Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

I, and also on behalf of Senators Dean Smith, Reynolds, Cash and Cormann, move:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

(i) the Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia (PGA of WA) has represented the interest of agricultural producers in WA since 1907,

(ii) the PGA of WA's mission statement is 'To ensure the prosperity and long term viability of members, the agricultural and associated industries, by providing an effective voice state-wide and federally through a financially sound, efficient, free enterprise organisation with strong leadership',

(iii) the PGA of WA has a proud tradition of advocating reform, even when not always popular or easy to do so, and

(iv) the PGA of WA successes include: the deregulation of the wheat industry, the deregulation of the price controls in the wool industry, ending lamb quotas and price controls in WA, advocating for property rights, and defending the live export trade;

(b) congratulates Mr Tony Seabrook, recipient of the 2018 National Agriculture Day Award, for his long-standing contribution to agriculture, including his campaign against the WA State Labor Government's funding cuts to the School of Air; and

(c) further congratulates all former and current members of the PGA of WA for the remarkable contribution of the organisation for over 100 years.