Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to note that we did not call a division on this particular motion. I do have some concerns that the motion does not go far enough in terms of urging the government to seriously address the ongoing issues which impact on the future of the northern beef cattle industry. One of the very significant issues that is not alluded to is the impact of climate change. Unless we address the impact of climate change and how it interacts with very significant drought, we are not dealing with other issues which impact on the northern beef cattle industry. It will, in fact, be insignificant if we are not addressing those fundamental interactions of climate change and drought.