❓ The Minister for Agriculture and Food outlines the government's plan to support the grains and livestock industries in Western Australia, referencing the 'priorities in agriculture plan' and draft industry development plans, emphasising collaboration with industry to achieve growth.
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GRAINS AND LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES — SUPPORT
May I first acknowledge the presence in the gallery of students from Wanneroo Senior High School. The minister would be aware that grains and livestock are important industries in my electorate of Geraldton. Will the minister inform the house of how the government intends to support the continued development of these industries? Mr D.T. REDMAN
May I first acknowledge the presence in the gallery of students from Wanneroo Senior High School. The minister would be aware that grains and livestock are important industries in my electorate of Geraldton. Will the minister inform the house of how the government intends to support the continued development of these industries? Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The minister would be aware that grains and livestock are important industries in my electorate of Geraldton. Will the minister inform the house of how the government intends to support the continued development of these industries? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
[See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The minister would be aware that grains and livestock are important industries in my electorate of Geraldton. Will the minister inform the house of how the government intends to support the continued development of these industries? Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
I thank the member for Geraldton for the question and for his interest in this matter. The member might well remember that back in March I launched my priorities in agriculture plan, which states this government’s position on developing the agricultural industry in Western Australia. There are five core strategies with a whole range of tactics that sit under them. I recently announced and launched four draft industry development plans. As the member quite rightly highlighted, the grains and livestock industries in particular are key areas for his electorate. I have four draft plans for the grains, livestock, horticulture and food industries. Although the priority plan that I put out highlights the vision that this government has for agriculture, these are the practical steps for taking it forward. They are draft plans. They have been done in consultation with industry. They are out for industry to have its final say to ensure that this government walks in step with industry to realise the potential of agriculture in Western Australia. Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Just to give members an example—the grains industry development plan highlights a vision for another $1 billion of gross value agricultural product in Western Australia. For livestock, it is something like $300 million to $400 million; for horticulture, another half a billion dollars of potential; and for the food sector, another half a billion dollars of potential. There is over $2 billion of opportunity in Western Australia. We need to make sure that government is walking in step with industry to ensure that we can develop that potential in Western Australia. That is what these plans are all about. Industry has played a key role up to this point. Industry now has its chance, up until the early part of October, to give its final comment. It will give direction. It will inform us, it will inform the government and it will inform industry about the steps this government is taking, where it is going to spend its taxpayers’ moneys in supporting an industry that is worth $13 billion in Western Australia. It is significant. We have a plan. We have practical steps here for rolling that out. What is important to me is that industry is walking right alongside us. This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
This is not about us telling industry what it wants. This is about us making sure that industry has given us feedback about where it wants to spend the dollars, and that we are walking in step to get that outcome. The member for Collie-Preston cannot help himself but throw a comment in. This government is showing vision, it is showing a plan. The former government had no vision, it had no plan and it had no political leadership in agriculture. Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : We are rolling it out. The former government left agriculture to swing in the wind for eight years! The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Minister for Agriculture and Food, if you are going to refer to interjections, you can expect the sort of behaviour we are witnessing at the moment. I urge you to answer the question from the member for Geraldton. Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : Mr Speaker, I will — The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
The SPEAKER : Order, member for Collie-Preston! Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I table these documents to give those members who have an interest in agriculture a chance to have a look at them. They are out for industry consultation. Industry will be feeding back to us some of the tweaks that need to happen to ensure that we line up and develop this great industry in Western Australia. [See papers 1295 to 1298.]
[See papers 1295 to 1298.]
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