Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection) Share this | Hansard source

This is an historic trade agreement. It is all about jobs and growth. Since even just the signing of the free trade agreement the ChAFTA benefits flowing to Australians have been huge. For example, since the signing of the ChAFTA the cattle health protocol agreement has been reached, under which Australia is the first country to export feeder and slaughter cattle into China. Imagine the opportunities for those in the agricultural sector now—up to one million head of cattle that we can now send to China. We also heard this week about a business, a producer in Australia, working directly with Chinese merchants on a direct producer-consumer model. They are only doing this in anticipation of the fact that the ChAFTA will come into force in January. These are the tangible benefits that we are now seeing because of the signing of this historic free trade agreement. (Time expired)