Nick Minchin (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Finance and Administration) Share this | Hansard source

Minister McGauran will of course be consulting with Western Australian growers, CBH, AWB and others with respect to the issue of Western Australian wheat exports and will then be reporting back to cabinet, and cabinet will consider the matter. Any veto that is or is not applied will then be, under due law, the responsibility of the minister. But, of course, the minister in his consultations will be keeping cabinet constantly informed, and cabinet will have much to say on the matter. The arrangements we have put in place are a very sensible outcome and will ensure that the interests of Western Australian growers are properly considered in the future of Australian wheat marketing.