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

The National Party has been at the forefront of changes to competition and consumer law for decades. It is something we take very, very seriously. It is why we were the party that developed the sugar code and we are also the party that has promised to bring forward a mandatory dairy code, because we back our farmers and we also appreciate that, when they don't have market power against processors and against retailers, that sometimes you need to govern that relationship. This is something we do in the normal course of business, and this is exactly what we're doing. Now, we've consulted, as I said, excessively. The draft code is an expression of those consultations. It is now out there to hear from industry, and I'm getting direct feedback to the department from right across Australia on what changes we can make to the code so that it is the right code. It's got to be the right code for all our dairy farmers. (Time expired)