Michael McCormack (Riverina, National Party, Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

It doesn't matter who it is; t he nation has it in place. The nation has it in place because animal welfare has to be first and foremost, and that's what we are doing.

The live export trade is a major source of employment in the national red- meat sector. It' s worth $2 billion. And for the member for O'Connor— and I know how important it is for him—it is worth $150 million per annum. That is significant money. That is jobs in regional Australia . Providing the animal welfare standards are being met, we will always back those sorts of industries , with those sorts of jobs and that sort of wealth creation.

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