Mr Tony Burke (Watson, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

As the shadow minister said, this is ‘the busiest time of the year for grain growers with harvest in full swing.’ He went on to say that anybody who would have called for this timetable, referring particularly to my office and the Productivity Commission, ‘knows absolutely nothing about the wheat industry’ and ‘is devoid of any basic agriculture expertise.’ The problem that the shadow minister did not refer to is that the Productivity Commission actually had no discretion as to the timing of this review. The legislation itself, under section 89, demands that the review be held—

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