Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Finance and Deregulation) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the last part of question, the senator is referring to the assistance package—I think it is called the food and foundry assistance package. So I am pleased that he is referencing the fact that the government is putting in place assistance for those sectors to recognise that there is merit in transitional assistance. But I again make the point the proposition seems to be that growers would have to absorb all the costs all of the time. The government's modelling does assume there would be a small impact on prices, as I outlined, and that has been taken into account in the assistance to families and to households which the government is putting in place. So I would suggest to the senator that perhaps he should have a look at the assistance that the government is providing to the industries that I have outlined and also to households. (Time expired)