Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

Thank you, Senator, for that question, and thank you, President, for the opportunity to answer a terrific question.

A key plank of our trade policy agenda is trade diversification. This means helping Australian businesses grow and develop new markets for their exports and find new and deeper sources of investment. Today, our government is delivering this commitment by debating legislation in the House of Representatives which will bring the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement and the Australia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement into force. The India free trade agreement will eliminate tariffs on 90 per cent of Australia's exports to India.

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Well, you didn't do it! You had a chance to do it and you didn't do it. But we're doing the job. The Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement will eliminate— (Time expired)