House debates Matters of Public Importance

Agriculture Industry, Small Business

Wednesday, 14 October 2026 House of Representatives

Michael McCormack

Michael McCormack Riverina, National Party

3:40 pm

Thank you, Deputy Speaker. Minister Watt, who was the federal agriculture minister, announced this from the sanctity and safety of Perth. He should have gone out to the regions—plenty of regions in Western Australia. Last time I looked, it was the biggest state of the six that we have. It's a big, big state. There are big, big regions and big, big sheep-farming stations. But, no, he had to make the announcement from the safety and security of the state capital.

Then, of course, we have $430 million being spent on water buybacks. Again, it's stopping irrigators irrigating, but it's actually helping the nation's largest irrigator to do more irrigating. And who is the nation's largest irrigator, member for Nicholls?

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