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

The reference to the comments of my colleague the Assistant Treasurer was extraordinarily general, so general that I am not sure which specific comments the senator is referring to, but I gather that the context of the question is foreign investment in agricultural land, including prime agricultural land in Australia.

As I was saying, foreign investment is important. This includes in our agricultural sector and in the context of the ownership of farmland in this country. In fact, I am aware in the generality that the vast— (Time expired)