Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

Obviously, just in relation to our barley industry and those four meat processors, I've outlined the types of steps that we're taking with those sectors to be able to respond to Chinese authorities in a thoughtful way, based on the evidence, that demonstrates that, as I say, Australia's barley producers operate in the most competitive of ways and in no way are subsidised by government to dump product into other markets. In the case of our meat producers, they produce high quality, high value product. They of course need to abide by the customs and quarantine requirements of any market to which they export, and, where there have been any discrepancies, we want to make sure, to uphold the standards and reputation of all of Australia's meat industry, that they have policies and procedures in place to be able to meet the standards and expectations of the markets to which they export.

More generally, as I've told the Senate many times, we continue to open new market access opportunities for many businesses, such as the ones with Indonesia that will come into effect on 5 July.