Deborah O'Neill (NSW, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator Farrell. The first shipment of raw sugar from Australia to the United Kingdom under a new bilateral free trade agreement arrived in London last week. Before the United Kingdom joined the EU in 1973, the UK was a major market for Australian sugar. But after the UK joined the EU, Australian sugar exports were crushed because of incredibly high import tariffs. Last week's arrival of the 33,000-metric-tonne sugar shipment marks the reopening of a valuable market for Australian sugar producers and exporters. Minister, would you outline what action the Albanese government has taken to pave the way for the first shipment of Australian sugar to the UK in 50 years?