Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the member for Bass for her question. I know that, as a farmer, she will be thrilled with the announcement of this historic FTA agreed in principle by our two prime ministers overnight. It is the most comprehensive FTA that we have negotiated with any country apart from New Zealand. It's ambitious, it's liberalising and it's comprehensive. Not only that; it covers goods, it covers services, it covers investment and it covers government procurement. For Australia, especially Australian agriculture, there are outcomes across the board when it comes to rice, when it comes to sugar, when it comes to dairy, when it comes to lamb and when it comes to beef.

This agreement has been widely welcomed across the board. The President of the National Farmers Federation, Fiona Simson, said:

We applaud Trade Minister Dan Tehan and our negotiating team on an improved set of market access outcomes. The UK deal will create new opportunities for Australian farmers as we work towards growing industry output to $100 billion by 2030.

That was very nice of Fiona, wasn't it!

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