Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Boswell for his second supplementary question. I know he has a longstanding interest in the activities of Bob Brown and Peg Putt. As outlined in my previous answer, the government is working with the industry and with our embassy staff to correct the record.

What we see from the opposition in part is an all care and no responsibility approach to these matters. We have been working very hard, in consultation with Ta Ann in Tasmania and in consultation with the industry, to ensure appropriate and factual information is provided to the global marketplace. We are supporting efforts to develop a lasting solution to the divisive debate that goes on in Tasmania, which those opposite have failed to come on board and find a complete solution to. You have abandoned the industry. That is what you have done. (Time expired)