Slade Brockman (WA, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, I'll take you back to my time as policy director with the Pastoralists and Graziers Association. One of the difficulties Western Australia had with the exceptional circumstances legislation in agricultural support is that the particular circumstances of Western Australia, in terms of its geographical spread of population, was quite different to the eastern states. Have you considered how disbursements from this fund will cater for the particular requirements of the jurisdiction of Western Australia, given that, whilst we are relatively small in terms of population, we are a significant contributor to both the economic output of Australia and the economic exports from Australia?