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

Thank you to the member for Flynn. It's 10 out of 10 for what happened at No. 10—Downing Street, that is. Today is another historic day in our trading nation's history. We are a trading nation. We know that trade equals jobs and more trade equals more jobs.

Indeed, I'm very delighted to inform the House of the new free trade agreement agreed to by the Prime Minister of Australia and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement is not a deal at any cost. It's the right deal for Australia. It's the right deal for the UK. It's a two-way partnership between two great nations and longstanding friends. It's a $36.7 billion arrangement, which is about to get a whole lot bigger and a whole lot larger. This FTA will have a significant benefit for Australia and particularly, especially, notably for Australian farmers. We should all be very proud of Australian farmers. They are the best in the world—make no mistake—and, because of them, we can have the confidence to negotiate strong trade arrangements with the UK and with any other nation. Our farmers and our food producers will get greater access to the 68 million customers—

Mr Perrett interjecting—

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