Senate debates

Thursday, 15 October 2015

Questions without Notice

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

2:13 pm

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The NFF president, Brent Finlay, has said:

Reduced tariffs and greater certainty on rules means more market opportunities more investment and this means more jobs and growth in regional centres.

And:

The nature of agreement means that exclusion from a completed TPP would have delivered significant negative outcomes for Australian agriculture;

And:

On the whole, there is no doubt this agreement will improve trading conditions for Australian farmers …

The President of the Australian Dairy Farmers group, Noel Campbell, has said:

… the new agreement was a good result for Australian dairy farmers.

And:

Along with the China Free Trade Agreement it gives people an understanding that if they're going to grow their business, they've got a market to grow into.

The TPP will be good for rural and regional Australia and will ensure that agriculture, amongst other sectors, continues to deliver strong export revenue and creates jobs for decades to come.

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