Federal Member for Page. Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism. Authorised by K Hogan, The Nationals, Lismore NSW. Retweets not necessarily an endorsement.
BOYCOTT WOOLWORTHS. They are axing Norco milk from 90 stores. They are sourcing their 6 pack mini ice cream sticks from Slovenia and 1lt tubs from New Zealand. They don't like Australia Day. They don't support our region. Please don't support them
#auspol
#boycottwoolworths
Jim Molan served our nation not only on the floor of Parliament as an NSW Senator, but in uniform as a retired major general in the Australian Army. He died on Monday, in the arms of his family.
An honour to have worked with him. Condolences to his family. May he RIP.
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The Coalition in Government finalised 11 trade agreements since 2013, lifting the share of trade covered by FTAs from 27% to almost 80%.
Labor must ensure the India and UK agreements are ratified this year, to maximise the benefits for exporters of these deals.
Great to visit the Yarwun alumina refinery. Yarwun provides over 700 jobs in Gladstone region and produces more than three million tonnes of alumina per year, which is exported to Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific region.
@RioTinto
#mining
Norco is rebuilding its ice cream factory in Lismore. Great news and important for our town.
They are Australia’s oldest and largest dairy co-operative and the largest private employer in Lismore.
The Labor Government continue to do what they do best - create more red and green tape, more bureaucracy, and make things harder for businesses. I will always speak up against it.
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Great to catch up with Anne-Marie Trevelyan yesterday. She is the UK Trade Minister. Discussing the exciting possibilities with the free trade agreement we signed with them last year.
We know Laura Tingle is a left wing activist first, journalist 2nd. If you want more proof, read this.
ABC’s Laura Tingle tells Sydney Writers Festival that Australia is a racist country | The Australian
I woke up Tuesday morning with a slight tickle in my throat. I immediately had a RAT test, which tested positive. I have since been adhering to ACT health isolation orders. I have had vaccinations and a booster and fortunately symptoms have been very mild to date.
With a population of almost 280 million people and a rising middle class, Indonesia is predicted to become a top 5 global economy within the next 20 to 30 years. Good discussion with the Australia Indonesia Business Council about how we can boost two-way trade
@AIBCNational
Meeting with Chinese Ambassador His Excellency, Mr Xiao Qian and a delegation from the the National Peoples Congress for trade discussions with parliamentary colleagues
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WALKING THE ELECTORATE
For me it’s all about listening to what is important to you.
I have had a great team helping me over the past 2 years. We have door knocked and phoned the length and breadth of the...
Speaking live on
@TheTodayShow
. Government Ministers need to act as if it were their families who are still not back in their houses 6 months on from the disaster.
Albanese claiming he is ‘fast tracking’ UK free trade deal. Codswallop. Deal done by us as a previous Government. Australia completed all its requirements last year. UK just finalising it’s processes this month as they were always going to.
Foot-and-mouth disease has been detected in Bali. This is a significant biosecurity threat to our livestock and meat-processing industries.
It could cost our economy $80 billion.
We need Labor to act quickly and increase screening measures - before it’s too late.
Australian wool generates $3.6b in export income and accounts for 84% of the global superfine wool supply. Michell Wool is our oldest and largest exporter of Australian Wool fibre operating for more than 150 years. Great discussion on how we can add value to our wool industry.
Welcome news that China has removed tariffs on Australian barley. For tariffs that should never have been imposed in the first place, this was the only acceptable outcome. I look forward to similar movement to remove tariffs on wine.
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I asked the Prime Minister if he could guarantee that no individual who participated in or supported the October 7 Hamas terror attacks - the worst mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust - has been granted a visa by his Government
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@SydneyAirport
is a gateway to tourism and trade. It was great to get a bird’s-eye tour of this critical piece of infrastructure and discuss its plans for the future.
@AusAirports
The Cairns Group is an important advocate for the liberalising of trade in agri products. Australia & Uruguay as 2 of the founding members continue to fight on the mkt access frontline. So it was a pleasure to discuss our joint efforts with
@uruaustralia
Ambassador this week.
Great to celebrate all things QLD tourism at the star-studded 37th QLD Tourism Awards. Congrats to all finalists and category winners as well as Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary who took out best ‘Major Tourist Attraction’ for 2022
#QTA22
@TheQTIC
@CWSlive
It was a pleasure to meet the UAE Ambassador to Australia, His Excellency
@abdullauae
to discuss our commitment to a bilateral
#trade
deal between Australia & the UAE. The opportunity to grow two-way trade & enable increased investment flows are significant.
BEEF WEEK, 100 DAYS TO GO
Great night last night at he 100 day launch for Beef Week. I know President Frank McKey and the team will put on another wonderful community event.
Can't wait
Casino Beef Week
Great discussion last night with
@j_laurenceson
and
@acri_uts
about the importance of the Australia-China trade relationship. China is Australia’s largest trading partner, worth over $200b per annum
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One year on today from the most traumatic day my community has ever seen. We are making progress. Over time, we will heal. Thankful today for the people who saved others lives, and to all who have gone above and beyond.
#lismore
#coraki
#woodburn
#broadwater
#wardell
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BEEF MEETS REEF FESTIVAL - EVANS HEAD
Beef Week is in full swing, with Beef Meets Reef at Evans Head today. Wonderful weather, big crowd. Thank you to Brian O’Farrell, John Wright and all of the Committee for organising another successful event.
Tourism Australia has confirmed in tonight's Senate
#Estimates
hearing that three Tourism Australia staff members have been referred to the National Anti-Corruption Commission for the misappropriation of close to $140,000 in taxpayer funds for use on personal holidays
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Great to meet the passionate crew from
@HRBeef
at
@DowerinFieldDay
and tasting great Aussie
#beef
from a great WA exporter as Shadow Minister for Trade and Tourism with my colleague Assistant Shadow Trade Minister Rick Wilson.
SOUTH GRAFTON, AND GRAFTON DAWN SERVICES
Very moving service at both of these this morning. We thank every man and woman who has served our country. We have much to be thankful for.
Lest We Forget.
Congratulations
@trussliz
on your election as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. A great friend of Australia. Liz was integral in getting the deal for an Australia-UK FTA done.
Wonderful to the attend the
@tic_southaus
tourism industry awards. After a difficult 2 years it is great to acknowledge SA tourism industry operators. Congratulations to all finalists and category winners.
#SATA2022
Great to visit the
@FortescueFuture
facility to learn about the green hydrogen and green ammonia projects they are working on. FFI is leading the green industrial revolution developing technology solutions for hard-to-decarbonise industries.
#auspol
@senbmckenzie
@FortescueNews
As a co-convenor of the Parliamentary Friends of Tourism with
@Josh4Freo
it was wonderful to host the first industry event in the House this week. Thank you to
@ACCINews
and
@TrainingTourism
for their work organising the event
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Valued at over A$130 billion a year, exports of iron ore is a vast wealth builder for Australia & Australians. In the
#Pilbara
this week, I got upfront with the entire export supply chain. The scale of the enterprise is phenomenal.
@MineralsCouncil
@FortescueNews
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Our farmers feed us, clothe us, make the products to build our homes - but Labor, Teals and Greens demonise us. They don't like what we do or how we do it. Live export bans, taking away water from us, fresh food tax are just some examples
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Labors family car and ute tax is a disaster. The Minister has set targets that are unachievable and it means Australian's will have to pay for it out of their back pocket
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It was terrific to catch up with Jane Laverty from
@NSWBusiness
at the
@ACCINews
Australian Chamber of Commerce & Industry Dinner in Canberra last night.
It’s a mammoth job to get any export product to mkt. When it comes to iron ore from the
#Pilbara
we are looking at vast distances across hot, remote country.
@DarrenChesterMP
& I got to view the train task from loading at mine site to offloading at port.
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@FortescueNews
Waxflower is Australia’s major native flower crop and our largest export flower crop . Great story behind
@wafexaustralia
. From humble beginnings in 1991, Wafex is now Australia’s leading flower company with a global presence across 26 countries.
@lindareynoldswa
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It was fascinating to visit Esso’s Bass Strait infrastructure supplying 70% of the east coast’s energy needs. This investment has been so critical to keeping the lights on and the heat in.
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@DarrenChesterMP
@exxonmobil_aus
I am calling on the Government to get on with the job with the UK and India trade agreements. They should refer them to the Treaties Committee this week.
Clock is ticking for Aussie exporters to reap the benefits.
Government Ministers need to act as if it were their families who are still not back in their houses 6 months on from the disaster.
Speaking live from Lismore on
@TheTodayShow
this morning.
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY LUNCHEON
It was great to celebrate International Women’s Day with a luncheon today to acknowledge the women in our community.
Karen hosted the lunch, and I would like to thank Senator Bridget McKenzie for attending and sharing her story with us.
I know he needs a lot of help. But seriously!! Speechwriter set to be paid $600k over two years to assist Bill Shorten, despite department initially saying it had capacity to help - ABC News
Australia benefited from the Coalition’s exemplary leadership in Government, delivering 11 trade agreements and boosting trade covered by FTAs. This means more jobs and opportunity for small and medium businesses.
Our exports generate 100’s of billions of $$$ for our economy each year. Great to be in the
#pilbara
this week. Economic powerhouse for our Country
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It was a great pleasure to meet His Excellency Mr Anil Nayar, Singapore High Commissioner to Australia. Our countries are great friends with deep linkages across our economies. We agreed there is even more scope for cooperation & demonstrate the benefits of open trading r’hips.
GRAFTON, GATE TO PLATE
It was great to attend this special fundraising event today at the Barn. It showcases the very best produce grown in the Valley. And the mastery food talents of guest chefs, Yamba‘s Zac...
Australia’s Labor Government is on the international stage signing an
#IPEF
agreement that supports and acknowledges the important role nuclear energy will play in ensuring energy security and providing low-carbon energy, while engaging in fear mongering tactics back home
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Great to meet with Premier Li Qiang & members of the China delegation w
@PeterDutton_MP
&
@Birmo
this afternoon. Australia’s relationship with China is important and I look forward to strengthening it - trade sanctions on lobsters & beef need to be removed as a matter of priority
The Coalition paved the way for Australia's trade deal with the UK. I acknowledge and thank the work of my colleague
@DanTehanWannon
. I am very pleased that the deal enters into force today. The opportunities it presents for Australia is limitless.
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Meeting with with Prosecco producers in the King Valley yesterday,
@senbmckenzie
and I stand with them in saying to the Albanese Labor Govt do not compromise on GIs in EU trade deal. Grandfathering their naming rights is unacceptable and a bad outcome for Australia.
#auspol
I was pleased to help shepherd through the House of Representatives today, legislation to support the implementation of the UK and India trade agreements negotiated by the Coalition in Government
THE PRIME MINISTER VISITED RAPPVILLE TODAY
I took the Prime Minister to Rappville and the Northern Rivers Fire Control Centre in Casino today. He got to see first hand the devastation and speak to our families...
I’m in Dubbo with my friend and colleague Mark Coulton talking to Michael Thurlow from 2DU Dubbo about the electorate of Parkes, which is a trade and tourism powerhouse.
#dubbo
#auspol
@MarkCoultonMP
@2DU1251
HAPPY FATHERS DAY
Happy Father’s Day to all Dads. The most important job I have is being a Dad. I give thanks for my children every day, but especially today.
I’m enjoying getting to do much needed jobs with the family.
Enjoy your day 😊
I would never sign-up to a European deal that included a so called "methane tax". It would just be non-negotiable. Read more on this
@thelandnews
article here:
CASINO WEST P&C HELP TO FEED TABULAM FIREFIGHTERS
Karen and I dropped in to thank the school's wonderful P&C volunteers who have been making sandwiches since Wednesday for the firefighters battling the Tabulam...
The Labor government is letting criminals out on the streets and aren’t brave nor responsible enough to give the public an explanation
@Kieran_Gilbert
@SkyNewsAust
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Labor's decision to ban live sheep exports shows they don't care about our farmers, just inner-city elites. Ignoring advice from
@NationalFarmers
+
@AustLiveExports
, resulting in catastrophe for farming communities, animal welfare and our global trading partnerships
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