John Williams (NSW, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

I would just like to support what my leader, Senator Joyce, and my deputy leader, Senator Nash, have said. We have made it perfectly clear over a long time that planting down prime agricultural land to carbon sinks and to MISs with the tax deduction they get forces up the price of land and excludes those genuine farmers from being able to purchase more land, especially when youngsters come home from school and wish to go onto the land. We oppose it. We are not going to be crossing the floor on the issue. We have made our point very clear and just for the sake of numbers it will not make any difference in the chamber.