Kay Hull (Riverina, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

That is right. Moving on to others that have been recipients, there is Keenan Produce in Griffith, Flavourtech Pty Ltd—a great company, which is determining how we can make synthetic coffee actually taste real and doing a great job at it. There is Westend Estate and the great Three Bridges label under the ownership of Bill Calabria and his wonderful wife, Lena, and family. They do an enormous job for the region as well. There is Keenan Produce, Terra Nova Estate and Riverina Wines—another brilliant business that offers extraordinary employment and opportunities. There is Pacific Fresh Produce—Tony and the guys in the citrus industry have been doing battle so hard and were able to secure an EMDG. That grant has been able to give them some processing in and entry to other markets and they have taken every advantage of that. With a cold storage process for citrus they have been the leaders in the industry. They are another citrus organisation taking advantage of these grants. There is Flavourtech; Finmara and Sons, Leeton; and Beelgara Estate from Carrathool, which is an emerging business but will be one to watch, believe you me. There is Gary and Robert Pandolfo in Griffith, Skyron Pty Ltd in Leeton, Westend Wines in Griffith, Toorak Winery in Leeton, Sunfresh Citrus in Leeton and Sumar Produce in Griffith.

You can see the value that water and access to water have in our communities and what they have provided in economic benefits—not only to my region, my electorate, but to the nation and internationally as well. I hasten to add that I am worried as to just what is the pathway and the future for our electorate when we look at all of the activities taking place at both the state level and now the Commonwealth level with respect to water. I commend this bill to the House and take great pleasure in outlining some of the many excellent businesses within my electorate of Riverina.

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