Nick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister Assisting on Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

In terms of the precise figure that you used in the first supplementary—which, unfortunately, I could not fully answer due to the constant interruptions—I will take it on notice and check whether that is accurate or not. In terms of the number of farming agricultural property project investments that have been approved under this government and, indeed, under the previous government—in its almost 12 years they had the same set of rules—I will have to take it on notice to obtain the number. What I can say is that, since white settlement in Australia, the vast majority of foreign investment in this area has come—for very obvious reasons—from the United Kingdom and then the United States. (Time expired)