❓ Ms. Davies questions the Premier's lack of stronger opposition to the federal government's live sheep export ban and the adequacy of the transition package. The Premier defends his government's actions, highlighting their opposition to the ban and efforts to secure increased funding and support for WA farmers.
AnsweredQoN 681Legislative Assembly
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LIVE
EXPORT — FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY
681. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
Speaker, I add my congratulations for your long public
service to the people of Western Australia and your electorate of Midland.
Noting that yesterday the federal Labor government decided to
rub further salt in the wounds of those impacted by the disgraceful decision to
end live sheep exports by increasing the transition package to only $139 million,
and as the Premier represents the bulk of this sector and communities reliant
on it, why is he not joining industry to reject the funding offer and fight for
the retention of the trade?
EXPORT — FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICY
681. Ms M.J. DAVIES to the Premier:
Speaker, I add my congratulations for your long public
service to the people of Western Australia and your electorate of Midland.
Noting that yesterday the federal Labor government decided to
rub further salt in the wounds of those impacted by the disgraceful decision to
end live sheep exports by increasing the transition package to only $139 million,
and as the Premier represents the bulk of this sector and communities reliant
on it, why is he not joining industry to reject the funding offer and fight for
the retention of the trade?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for some notice of the question. I have
been clear from the start that my government does not support the federal
government's ban on live sheep exports. We made that clear in our
submissions and public utterances and when the bill went through the
Parliament. As Labor, I think we made it clear when this bill was originally
put up by the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Sussan Ley, who was
really the instigator of this national debate.
Although the Liberal Party started this debate —
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr R.H. COOK : Although the Liberal Party started this
particular campaign against WA farmers, we have continued to support WA
farmers in our opposition to these laws. Minister Jarvis, the Minister for
Agriculture and Food, has advocated for more support for our state's
farmers for months and has repeatedly spoken to Minister Collins and her
predecessor and Minister Watt about the need to boost WA's processing
capacity.
It is pleasing to see that some additional funding has now
arrived. The transition package now includes a further $32.7 million, bringing the total value of the package to $139.7 million.
It is a good start. At least the commonwealth government is listening,
and we would like to do more. One of the key aspects of this is making sure
that we have the processing capacity so that
we can process those sheep onshore, creating more Western Australian jobs and
adding v alue to our meat product
exports. We know that the industry would like more, but this is a step in the
right direction .
The remainder of the transition package will be subject to a codesign
project, and we urge Minister Collins to continue working closely with WA
industry on what the rest of the package will look like. Similarly, we
encourage local industry and producers to engage in this process and look for
opportunities that will be available between now and 2028 as part of this
transition. We will continue to work with industry, and we will continue to
advocate on behalf of industry and Western Australian farmers to the federal
government to make sure that it continues to do
more and to fund more in relation to this transition package, but we welcome
the change. I congratulate Minister Jarvis on her success in getting
this boost to the funding. Of course, we would like to see more done and we
would like to continue to make sure that WA farmers are supported through this
transition process.
been clear from the start that my government does not support the federal
government's ban on live sheep exports. We made that clear in our
submissions and public utterances and when the bill went through the
Parliament. As Labor, I think we made it clear when this bill was originally
put up by the now Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party, Sussan Ley, who was
really the instigator of this national debate.
Although the Liberal Party started this debate —
Ms M.J. Davies interjected.
The SPEAKER : Order, please!
Mr R.H. COOK : Although the Liberal Party started this
particular campaign against WA farmers, we have continued to support WA
farmers in our opposition to these laws. Minister Jarvis, the Minister for
Agriculture and Food, has advocated for more support for our state's
farmers for months and has repeatedly spoken to Minister Collins and her
predecessor and Minister Watt about the need to boost WA's processing
capacity.
It is pleasing to see that some additional funding has now
arrived. The transition package now includes a further $32.7 million, bringing the total value of the package to $139.7 million.
It is a good start. At least the commonwealth government is listening,
and we would like to do more. One of the key aspects of this is making sure
that we have the processing capacity so that
we can process those sheep onshore, creating more Western Australian jobs and
adding v alue to our meat product
exports. We know that the industry would like more, but this is a step in the
right direction .
The remainder of the transition package will be subject to a codesign
project, and we urge Minister Collins to continue working closely with WA
industry on what the rest of the package will look like. Similarly, we
encourage local industry and producers to engage in this process and look for
opportunities that will be available between now and 2028 as part of this
transition. We will continue to work with industry, and we will continue to
advocate on behalf of industry and Western Australian farmers to the federal
government to make sure that it continues to do
more and to fund more in relation to this transition package, but we welcome
the change. I congratulate Minister Jarvis on her success in getting
this boost to the funding. Of course, we would like to see more done and we
would like to continue to make sure that WA farmers are supported through this
transition process.
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