Senate debates

Tuesday, 25 November 2008

Questions without Notice

Agriculture

2:41 pm

Photo of Marise PayneMarise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Sherry. I refer the minister to comments made by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry in a speech to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation on 19 November:

Governments must refocus on investment in agricultural research and development to boost productivity within the constraints of land and resource availability.

What steps will the government take to ensure that this approach is upheld in government policy in all Australian jurisdictions?

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