The south-west Sydney region is home to over 400,000 people of various ethnic backgrounds and beliefs, a significant number of which come from Europe including from Italy, Greece, Germany, Macedonia and the Netherlands, to name just a few. With the new Western Sydney International Airport at our doorstep, the ability to engage and visit Europe has never been closer for residents. Tie this in with the Australian-European Free Trade Agreement that our Labor government is working on delivering, and you'll quickly see that the businesses and economic opportunities between our continents have never been better.

This agreement presents Australian businesses, manufacturers and workers, particularly those in south-west Sydney and across New South Wales, with incredible potential. In 2025, New South Wales exported $2.5 billion worth of goods to the EU. Once this agreement enters into force, the vast majority of EU tariffs will be eliminated, or duty-free access will be locked in, for New South Wales goods. This includes tariffs on New South Wales exports to the EU of up to 14 per cent on machinery and electrical goods, 12.8 per cent on chemicals and pharmaceuticals, and 10 per cent, importantly, on aluminium products.

Speaking of aluminium, Macarthur is home to an Australian family owned company called DECO, which manufactures aluminium products of the highest quality, including the signage you see at your local train stations, the benches at your local train stations and high-tech machinery which they sell domestically and internationally. DECO was founded by Ross Doonan and his family in 2004 and now employs 120 people, mostly locals, at their very impressive manufacturing facility in Minto, which I had the privilege of welcoming the trade minister, Don Farrell, to visit some weeks ago, where he met with Ross and Richard Hamber, his general manager and son-in-law, and his team to discuss how the Australian European Union free trade agreement will bolster business and export opportunities for companies such as DECO.

For DECO, the EU free trade deal will allow them to explore these new opportunities across the 27 EU country markets and their combined 450 million consumers, whilst also obtaining cheaper access to the machinery, equipment and technology they need to compete globally. The trade agreement with the world's largest economy is worth approximately $10 billion to our economy and will give local businesses and manufacturers such as DECO and their workers huge export potential.

It is important for us to consider also the benefits the trade deal with the EU will have for the working people in outer metropolitan communities like mine, their manufacturers and small businesses. When Australian businesses can sell more products to more customers around the world, they grow and provide jobs. When they grow, they invest. When they invest, they produce high-technology, secure jobs for all Australians.