Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, it is Friday, Senator Henderson, but it's also National Agriculture Day. What's one of the bills that Labor and the Greens have joined together to guillotine? It's a bill on live exports, the Inspector-General of Live Animal Exports Amendment (Animal Welfare) Bill 2023. The bill itself is fairly non-controversial, but the Greens amendments to the bill are highly controversial. They would be fought against by every farmer in this nation. On National Agriculture Day, Labor and the Greens join together to gag debate on these horrendous Greens amendments. We'll see what the Labor government does in terms of these amendments and if they've done some sort of dirty deal with the Greens on these amendments.

Honourable senators interjecting—