Janelle Saffin (Page, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

You should have asked the question to Mr Truss, your leader. The key issue is about honesty with farmers. There is a biosecurity regime and it is a tough regime. The reality is that I cannot see bananas getting in here from the Philippines with the biosecurity regime. However, it is tough and it is one of the toughest. It is about being honest with the banana farmers about that. Colleagues in the National Party have really short memories about this issue, and that is just not good enough for people in the electorate. Yes, I care about what the banana growers want. Yes, I wrote to the minister for agriculture. I was in the media talking about it, saying I strongly supported—(Time expired)

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