Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party) Share this | Hansard source

The Nationals party strongly supports the live cattle industry, because it supports a strong agricultural industry in northern Australian and thousands of jobs, including for Indigenous Australians. We fought for the industry when the Labor government recklessly banned the trade overnight without proper consideration of its impacts. That is why Nationals senators have welcomed the Federal Court decision to provide compensation for those hurt by Labor's reckless decisions. We have called on the government not to appeal this decision so that after nearly a decade of pain some relief can be given. We note that the government has made no decision on the appeal, and the Attorney-General will attend the Nationals party room next week to further discussions on these matters.