Matthew Canavan (Queensland, Liberal National Party, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Hanson for that question. It is a very important question about the plight of dairy farmers in this nation. The short answer to Senator Hanson's question is that the government has already conducted an ACCC inquiry into the dairy industry. We've received those recommendations back. The most significant of the recommendations is the establishment of a mandatory code of conduct for the dairy industry. The government is currently considering that recommendation. We are moving forward with it. I thank and congratulate the Australian Dairy Farmers organisation for, I think in the last week or two, coming behind and supporting that mandatory code of conduct. So we will be acting soon on the recommendations of that report.

I would also like to take this opportunity to point out the number of other things the government has been doing to assist Australian dairy farmers in recent years. We've provided significant direct assistance to the dairy industry, both in response to the crisis in Victoria in recent years, when milk contracts—