Senate debates

Monday, 14 October 2019

Questions without Notice

Dairy Industry

2:37 pm

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

As I was saying, Senator Hanson, giving our farmers choice where they can sell their product is absolutely paramount for them to get a decent price, and they don't just have to go to the one or two processors in their region; they can actually sell their product to more places. Opening up new markets for our dairy industry across the globe will also help them be more competitive and get a better farm gate price. That's why we are unashamedly negotiating free trade agreements. Even with the Indonesia free trade agreement, an Australian dairy farmer has said that those tariff reductions with, hopefully, the Indonesian—

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