Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Industry and Innovation) Share this | Hansard source

():  Thanks, Senator Stewart, for that question. I neglected to say that in the gallery are representatives of Science Meets Parliament—scores of Australian scientists representing tens of thousands of scientists in Australia's research and development sector. You are so welcome to the parliament.

I thank Senator Stewart for that question. Minister Collins met yesterday with more than 50 representatives from industry, including Fertilizer Australia and GrainGrowers. Ministers Bowen and Collins and I met the National Farmers' Federation and fertiliser industry representatives, and Minister Collins, the industry and the ACCC are working on allowing the fertiliser sector to coordinate to ensure that fertiliser gets to where it is needed. My department is engaged on all of these issues and is providing information to the Fuel Security Taskforce. Fertiliser importers—I'll get to conclude this, I suppose— (Time expired)