Glenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. Late last week the Australian government announced that China would remove the 80.5 per cent antidumping and countervailing duties on Australian barley. It has been reported that the Chinese duties on Australian barley effectively blocked exports to that market, which was worth nearly $1 billion prior to the duties being imposed. This outcome has been welcomed by Australian grain producers and exporters and has been welcomed by me and by every other Western Australian, as China has historically been a very important export market for malting barley over many decades. Minister, can you outline what action the Albanese government has taken to pave the way for the re-entry of Australian barley into the Chinese market?