❓ Question on Notice regarding lupin exports to Indonesia and the Liberal-National government's commitment to fostering international trade relationships for the agricultural sector. The Minister details the first shipment of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia and its potential impact.
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LUPIN EXPORTS — INDONESIA
I am pleased to be part of a government that is working tirelessly to extend and enhance Western Australia’s trade interests. Recently, this has resulted in a landmark wheat shipment to Saudi Arabia. Can the minister please inform the house of further evidence of the Liberal–National government’s commitment to fostering our international trade relationships and what this will mean for our important agricultural sector? Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN
I am pleased to be part of a government that is working tirelessly to extend and enhance Western Australia’s trade interests. Recently, this has resulted in a landmark wheat shipment to Saudi Arabia. Can the minister please inform the house of further evidence of the Liberal–National government’s commitment to fostering our international trade relationships and what this will mean for our important agricultural sector? Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN
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I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN replied: I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
I am looking a tad tired after working tirelessly for the agricultural community in Western Australia! Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Thanks very much to the member for Geraldton for the question. He has an ongoing interest in this area, particularly after the announcement we recently made of a wheat shipment into Saudi Arabia, which was the first shipment there for 20 years. That was on the back of a trip we made to Saudi Arabia to make links to meet market specifications. I am pleased to announce that last month we exported our first container of de-hulled split lupin kernels to Indonesia. Indonesia is a significant market. It has about nine times the population of Saudi Arabia. We do not have to go too far to have a multiplying impact on a potential market opportunity for Western Australia. Even Indonesia’s president will be briefed on lupins. He is going to be asked to give it the same tax — Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : This is very important, Mr Speaker. All the opposition can do is mock the progress we are making in agriculture in Western Australia. It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
It is a significant step forward. We will ask the Indonesian government to give lupins the same tax status it gives to American soya beans. The Indonesian market is a market of 240 million people. One of Indonesia’s staple diets is a product called tempeh. Traditionally, tempeh is 100 per cent soya beans. Because of the challenges of growing soya beans in Indonesia, they have to import a lot from the United States. We have worked with a number of key people in Western Australia to produce tempeh that is made from 30 per cent lupins. The first container load of lupins has gone to Indonesia to be turned into tempeh, to potentially secure a market that will be extremely significant to Western Australia given Indonesia’s close proximity. In the short term we expect the market will grow from 50 000 tonnes to 300 000 tonnes a year. The department and I, the WA lupin exporters—principally Co-operative Bulk Handling Ltd—and the Western Australian trade office in Jakarta have worked very, very hard to achieve this outcome. I recently visited Indonesia where we were able to meet with key people to secure this opportunity. I might add that, with lupins, it is really a win-win for not only Indonesia, with a market opportunity and a key product, but also for our farmers, who are looking for some rotational crops—that is, a break crop that can break a range of disease cycles and put nitrogen back into the soil. There are a range of opportunities. There are also huge advantages for Indonesia relating to price, as securing another product can add to its key products over there. The nutritional component of lupins is high, particularly dietary fibre. The extraction rate from lupins is higher than it is from soya bean, and Western Australia being a close partner to Indonesia helps with its food security. Blind taste tests in Jakarta recently showed that it is very hard to tell the difference between soya beans and lupins, which means that the consumer market will warmly accept lupins as a percentage — Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Which port are you going to be using? Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : It is one container at this stage, which is going in as a bulk shipment. Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr J.N. Hyde : Out of Geraldton? Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
Mr D.T. REDMAN : I am not exactly sure what port it is but I am happy to find that out for the member for Perth. I wish to highlight the fact that this side of the house—the Liberal–National government—is pursuing these opportunities on the back of visits to these countries and that it has a vision for the future of agriculture in Western Australia.
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