House debates

Tuesday, 24 March 2026

Questions without Notice

Trade with European Union

3:16 pm

Photo of Madeleine KingMadeleine King (Brand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

This government has protected the rights of Australians to keep using words for products they have made for many years, like 'parmesan' and 'kransky', and this is really important to people of Italian and Polish heritage. Australian winemakers can keep making and selling prosecco domestically—I know that's very important to the member for Bendigo and others. There are long phase-out periods for other terms such as feta, romano and gruyere. This is important for the marketing of these Australian products for the many Australians with European heritage—

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