Steven Ciobo (Moncrieff, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Forrest for her question. Like me, the member for Forrest is very invested in making sure we continue to open up export markets for Australian businesses. I was pleased recently to have the opportunity to go with the member for Forrest to her electorate to speak with a number of small exporters who are based in the electorate. All are contributing to Australia's multibillion dollar export track record. We were in Busselton and Bunbury and I had the opportunity to speak to a number of these exporters, including representatives from Churchview Estate wines in the Margaret River region. All of these exporters are benefitting from the coalition's strong agenda in opening up export market access. We've seen, particularly as a result of the trifecta of agreements that we have with Japan, Korea and China, that wine exports are up. In Korea, wine exports are up some 70 per cent. Wine exports into China under the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement—which, you will remember, Labor were opposed to until one minute to midnight—are up some 38 per cent.

What is crystal clear, though—and this is the message from industry—is that, in order to be able to remain competitive and keep exporting, these exporters must have a reliable and stable supply of energy. The coalition is absolutely committed to that. That's why we have put in place important decisions like the Australian Domestic Gas Security Mechanism, the ADGSM—

Mr Keogh interjecting—

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