Senate debates

Thursday, 10 September 2009

Questions without Notice: Take Note of Answers

Quarantine; Building the Education Revolution

3:39 pm

Photo of Glenn SterleGlenn Sterle (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

And I will. Mr President, I know that it might be a bit hard for Senator Cormann and others opposite to do a little bit of work and to actually do a bit of reading before they shoot their gob off to the media. The submission did not reflect the views of this government, nor did it reflect the views of Austrade. The Austrade executive recognised that a serious mistake had been made and acted appropriately to correct the public record. A wide range of industry representatives have endorsed, as I have said before, and supported the government’s position: the Australian Dairy Industry Council, ABB, GrainCorp, Horticulture Australia and the Australian Livestock Exporters Council, to mention a few. (Time expired)

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