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

Far from neglecting this area, the government has had its Carbon Farming Initiative, which is part of the Gillard government's commitment to reducing carbon emissions and building resilience in farmers to deal with the impact of climate change. Part of that is that the initiative will allow farmers to generate carbon credits and new earning opportunities through a range of activities.

Only last week one of those visits to a piggery was about doing exactly that—using effluence to provide and generate carbon credits. One of the challenges from those opposite is that they have refused to get on board where the rural community is already getting on board. Consultation with stakeholders has indicated overwhelming support for the objectives of the Carbon Farming Initiative. Going back to that piggery, the farmers themselves significantly indicated that they were looking for low-carbon pork to go onto the market because they wanted to participate—