QUESTIONS WITHOUT NOTICE

Senator FARRELL (South Australia—Minister for Trade and Tourism, Special Minister of State and Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) (14:40): I thank Senator Ciccone for his second supplementary question. If anyone is serious about blocking the EU deal, they're telling thousands of Australian farmers their livelihoods do not matter—wine growers in South Australia; sheep and cattle producers in Western Australia, the NT and Queensland; dairy farmers in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

And it's not just jobs on the farm. These industries support long-valued chains and thousands of Australian jobs. Everyone in this place should support our EU free trade agreement because Australia prospers when we sell to the world not when politicians slam the gate shut.

Senator McKenzie: Sellout. The PRESIDENT: Senator Mckenzie, I'm not quite sure who that remark was directed towards, but, if it was to the minister, I'm going to ask you to withdraw it. Senator McKenzie: I withdraw.