Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Education) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Given the Australasian Railway Association says that not being exempt from the carbon tax will place the freight rail sector at a significant competitive disadvantage and that any further deterioration of market conditions could encourage rail operators to leave the grain freight markets completely, does the minister acknowledge the significance of the freight rail sector for agriculture, and can she explain what the government intends to do to ensure that this outcome never happens?