House debates

Monday, 1 June 2015

Private Members' Business

Tasmania: Fruit and Vegetable Industries

12:23 pm

Photo of Brett WhiteleyBrett Whiteley (Braddon, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

and this is where his credibility falls right away. Six years they had, to bring about a free trade agreement—could they have got one? Just one free trade agreement would have been terrific. Could they have got two? No. Three? That would have taken a miracle. And we have been in government for, what, 18 months—and Andrew Robb, the Minister for Trade, has nailed three of those suckers. They are going to be absolutely brilliant for the state of Tasmania. And I reckon we will bring in four. I noticed the member over there—he is a delightful member of the opposition—he was using some sorts of movements over there a moment ago, about winding it in; I will tell you what we are winding in—we are winding in free trade agreements! That is what we winding in. And Tasmania is well placed to take full advantage of them. (Time expired)

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