Senate debates

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Questions without Notice

Live Animal Exports

2:17 pm

Photo of Joe LudwigJoe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

This is probably the fourth time, but I am happy to go through this again because I think it is important for those on the other side to understand this point. Trade to Indonesia will resume once these standards, which I have provided to the Indonesian government through the minister for agriculture, complete the consultative process and are settled, industry can verify and their supply chains meet international welfare standards. Australia is not seeking to impose Australian standards on Indonesia nor to regulate Indonesia. We are regulating the Australian export industry to meet those requisite standards and, at that point, trade will be able to recommence. All of the Australian live export trading partners, including—

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