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

Well, our government is delivering real improvements in jobs, connectivity, health and education. These are the real issues that people out in the regions want our government to address, because we actually believe that regional Australia has a strong and prosperous future. We've been negotiating free trade agreements for better market access so our farmers and our miners can grow our exports and employ more people locally. We've got regional migration initiatives to ensure that our population grows and prospers and a suite of agricultural workforce solutions to make sure that we get the right people in the right place at the right time to get the crop off.

But what about those opposite? They equivocate on free trade agreements, when agriculture exports two-thirds of what we produce. They're promising a floor price for dairy that the dairy industry doesn't want. They want to shut down the live sheep and cattle trade. They want to shut down our mines. They don't want to build a dam. They've pursued— (Time expired)