Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I move:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes that:

(i)

the Federal Coalition promised at the 2004 federal election to introduce within 100 days a mandatory code of conduct to govern dealings between farmers and grocery buyers, and

(ii)

on 4 September 2006, the National Farmers’ Federation and the Horticulture Australia Council stated that the delay in delivering on this pledge is fuelling speculation that the Government will renege on its promise; and

(b)

calls on the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Mr McGauran) to explain to the parliament why the Government has not implemented its promise and whether and when it intends to do so.

Question put: