Senate debates

Tuesday, 3 December 2019

Questions without Notice

Murray-Darling Basin

2:34 pm

Photo of Bridget McKenzieBridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Agriculture) Share this | Hansard source

And Bozzie's a classic example—I'll take the interjection. Bozzie and Wacka and Barry are classic examples of former senators who've sat in this place and lobbied hard the CEOs of supermarkets, as we all have. We've sought to have better competition laws. It's the National Party that fought for changes to the Trade Practices Act and section 46, to actually back smaller producers against the might and market power of our retailers, and we don't shy from that at all. We're proud of that. It's actually what we're here to do on behalf of our communities and our industries.

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