Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

In Queensland, we have gone from 1,500 dairy farms to about 385 since the year 2000. It costs about 58 cents a litre to produce a litre of milk in Queensland, and in Victoria the break-even cost is about 42 cents. What are the reasons which prevent the government regulating the dairy industry to guarantee a minimum farm gate price for fresh milk, a price paid to farmers to at least guarantee the cost of milk production plus a small profit?