Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

In recognition of the impact of foot-and-mouth disease on our rural and regional communities, particularly on our livestock industries and supply chains, I'd like to thank the chamber for the collaborative work that has gone on with the crossbench, with the Greens and with the Labor Party to send this inquiry to the appropriate Senate committee, which is the rural and regional affairs references committee.

We note that the terms of reference are not as broad as we would have liked in the references moved by Senator Canavan and other rural and regional senators in this place, but we do note in the reference from Senator Ciccone that part 3 states 'any related matters'. So I'm just flagging to Senators Ciccone and Sterle that the matters raised in Senator Canavan's terms of reference will be pursued in the committee under that part of the motion.