❓ Question regarding the Premier's stance on the link between the live export ban and industry confidence. The Premier denies misrepresentation and highlights government support for the industry, while disputing the ban's direct impact on current sheep prices.
AnsweredQoN 748Legislative Assembly
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LIVE EXPORT — FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY — MEAT INDUSTRY
CONFIDENCE
748. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier stand by his recent assertion that the looming ban on live
exports has no link to the drop in confidence in the industry?
CONFIDENCE
748. Mr P.J. RUNDLE to the Premier:
I have a supplementary question.
Does the Premier stand by his recent assertion that the looming ban on live
exports has no link to the drop in confidence in the industry?
AnswerView source ↗
Once again, we see those on the
other side trying to verbal and misrepresent the situation.
Mr P.J. Rundle : We're
trying to represent our producers.
Mr R.H. COOK : The member for
Roe is trying to misrepresent the truth. That is the issue.
Mr P.J. Rundle : Are you
saying there hasn't been a drop in confidence?
Mr
R.H. COOK : I have never said that
the situation with live sheep exports is not undermining industry confidence .
As is usually the case, members on the other side of the house are either
confused or concocting their own narrative, regardless of what they have been
told.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Mr R.H. COOK : Members opposite
concoct their own narratives, which are completely devoid of any evidence that
is before them. I have never said that the current policy discussion on live
sheep exports does not impact the confidence of the industry. That is an
untruth.
Ms M.J. Davies : Why didn't
you acknowledge it in your answer then?
Mr R.H. COOK : My answer was
about the price of sheep, which is what the question asked.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members! This is an answer to a supplementary question and I am growing rather
tired of the incessant interjections.
Mr R.H. COOK : I have never—I
want to put this on the record—said that the current policy debate
around live sheep exports has not impacted on industry confidence. That has
been front and centre of the discussions that we have been having with the
federal government about the impact of a potential live sheep export ban. That
is on the record. We sympathise and empathise with, and support, the industry
in relation to the deliberations that the federal government has undertaken to
date. What I do not believe is that that is necessarily connected to the price
of sheep, which is obviously part of a broader industry discussion around
climate change, market conditions and, in some respects, a live sheep export
ban that may or may not be introduced in two to three years' time and
may or may not have an impact on the current price for live sheep. As a result
of that, the proposition that those opposite are trying to put forward is apocryphal
and ridiculous.
We are working closely with the
industry to make sure that we understand all the pressures, whether it is
within the area of sheep stock or any other part of the agriculture industry.
Just because members opposite have concocted outrage and a narrative that is
not based on any evidence, that does not make that any less true.
other side trying to verbal and misrepresent the situation.
Mr P.J. Rundle : We're
trying to represent our producers.
Mr R.H. COOK : The member for
Roe is trying to misrepresent the truth. That is the issue.
Mr P.J. Rundle : Are you
saying there hasn't been a drop in confidence?
Mr
R.H. COOK : I have never said that
the situation with live sheep exports is not undermining industry confidence .
As is usually the case, members on the other side of the house are either
confused or concocting their own narrative, regardless of what they have been
told.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please.
Mr R.H. COOK : Members opposite
concoct their own narratives, which are completely devoid of any evidence that
is before them. I have never said that the current policy discussion on live
sheep exports does not impact the confidence of the industry. That is an
untruth.
Ms M.J. Davies : Why didn't
you acknowledge it in your answer then?
Mr R.H. COOK : My answer was
about the price of sheep, which is what the question asked.
Several members interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order please,
members! This is an answer to a supplementary question and I am growing rather
tired of the incessant interjections.
Mr R.H. COOK : I have never—I
want to put this on the record—said that the current policy debate
around live sheep exports has not impacted on industry confidence. That has
been front and centre of the discussions that we have been having with the
federal government about the impact of a potential live sheep export ban. That
is on the record. We sympathise and empathise with, and support, the industry
in relation to the deliberations that the federal government has undertaken to
date. What I do not believe is that that is necessarily connected to the price
of sheep, which is obviously part of a broader industry discussion around
climate change, market conditions and, in some respects, a live sheep export
ban that may or may not be introduced in two to three years' time and
may or may not have an impact on the current price for live sheep. As a result
of that, the proposition that those opposite are trying to put forward is apocryphal
and ridiculous.
We are working closely with the
industry to make sure that we understand all the pressures, whether it is
within the area of sheep stock or any other part of the agriculture industry.
Just because members opposite have concocted outrage and a narrative that is
not based on any evidence, that does not make that any less true.
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