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Wednesday, 25 November 2020 PARLIAMENT OF TASMANIA TRANSCRIPT LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ESTIMATES COMMITTEE B Hon. Guy Barnett MP Wednesday 25 November 2020 MEMBERS Hon Rosemary Armitage MLC Hon Ivan Dean MLC Hon Jo Palmer MLC Hon Tania Rattray MLC (Chair) Hon Jo Siejka MLC Hon Josh Willie MLC WITNESSES IN ATTENDANCE Mr Tim Baker, Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Mr Tim Grant, Valuer General, Office of the Valuer General, Land Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Mr Stuart Fletcher, General Manager, Land Tasmania, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Ms Deidre Wilson, Deputy Secretary, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Mr Bob Rutherford, Deputy Secretary, Industry and Business Development, Department of State Growth Mr Sean Terry, A/G Executive Director, Energy, Office of Energy Planning, Department of State Growth Mr John Diggle, Director, Inland Fisheries, Inland Fisheries Service, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment Mr Kevin Robinson, Director, Mineral Resources Tasmania Ms Kate Kent, Deputy Secretary, Communities, Sport and Recreation, Department of Communities Tasmania The Committee met at 9.00 a.m. DIVISION 10 Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment CHAIR (Ms Rattray) - The time being 9 o'clock, Lynne, I would like to indicate we are ready to broadcast. Thank you. Minister, welcome. This is Day 3 for Committee B of the Estimates Process and we welcome you to the table. Would like to introduce you to the members of the committee. You will already know them but I think for correctness, we have the honourable Josh Willie, the honourable Ivan Dean, I am Tania Rattray, the honourable Rosemary Armitage, and the honourable Jo Palmer, We have an apology from another member of our committee, the honourable Jo Siejka, who is unwell today. We wish her the best and hope that she's on the road to recovery. We also have with us our secretarial support, Natasha Exel and Allison Waddington, and Lynne from Hansard. Minister, I will invite you to introduce your team at the table followed by an overview before you commence as the Minister for Primary Industries and Water. We are COVID-19 conscious in this place and seeing that we're live-streaming, minister, we want to make sure that we set the right example for the rest of Tasmania. Mr BARNETT - Thank you very much, Madam Chair and honourable members. It's a great honour and pleasure to be here today representing the State Government. I introduce my secretary, Tim Baker on my left and Stuart Fletcher who's also on behalf of the department representing the Lands Titles Office and questions in the first output. I would like to make some short opening remarks with respect to this very important portfolio. I am to be this portfolio minister with our agrifood plan for the next five years, being strong and sure we're - CHAIR - It's clear that you do support the industry because you're wearing a badge saying, 'I love farmers.' Mr BARNETT - Thank you very much for recognising that, Madam Chair, I'm a very proud minister for agriculture and fishing and salmon and the whole range of other things. But I do love farmers and we've just had International Farmers' Day. I wore it last week on that day. I thought today is very appropriate to wear it, particularly with respect to the announcement I'm about to make in in regard to the importance of our farmers and our farming communities. We are supporting our farmers and our fishers, very strongly as a government. We're supporting our seafood industry that's aligned with our industry roadmap to recovery and our budget has half a million dollars to support that industry specifically. We're commencing a review of the Living Marine Resources Management Act 1995 and a study into the Tasmanian Ocean Business Incubator Concept. We're supporting our salmon industry with $250 000 for the Marine Spatial Planning Exercise and Tasmanians should be proud of our fisheries and also of our agriculture sector which of course is a cornerstone of our Legislative Council Estimates Committee B 1 Wednesday 25 November 2020 - Barnett economy. I'm pleased to advise all members of this committee and the public that the latest agrifood score card for 2018-19 shows Tasmania's agricultural production is worth $1.9 billion. That's up 7 per cent compared to the previous year with a total agrifood value of $2.92 billion. The figure is $266 million higher than the value of $1.64 billion reported for the previous year and it includes reliable verifiable data on industries that are not reported by the ABS. We're on track to achieve our target of $10 billion by 2050, the Farmgate value. We are so pleased and proud as a government to be supporting the industry. To be working in partnership and to realise these very, very considerable success stories in this sector and the 7 per cent growth is very substantial. In Tasmania, we actually produce 4.5 times more food than we consume. It's pleasing to see that the 2018-19 - the value of packed and processed food production increased by 5 per cent to $4.86 billion and international agrifood exports reached a record high of $776 million. The 2018-19 year was a warm year, it was a dry year, many will remember. Certainly irrigation underpinned the performance of pasture as you've mentioned, Chair in the opening remarks, which I totally concur and speak often. Water is liquid gold. It is and it's delivering for Tasmania. There's been significant support for our livestock industries; dairy, red meat, other livestock products grew in value with strong prices and growth in production volumes across most industries. These are pleasing results in the score card but the government is definitely on track with industry to reach that $10 billion by 2050. We're continuing to deliver on the many initiatives in taking agriculture to the next level program, with $12.3 million over the forward estimates providing support for industry development across agricultural sectors while supporting our regional communities. For our farmers, as I've indicated, water is liquid gold. We've just seen the recent opening of the Scottsdale irrigation scheme in the state's north-east by the Deputy Prime Minister, acting Prime Minister at the time - CHAIR - Without the local member being there, I might add? Mr BARNETT - Yes, I think parliament was in session. A number of us weren't able to be there in person and I know you, Madam Chair, would have loved to have been there. You are very supportive of irrigation projects, particularly in the north-east in your patch and agriculture has benefitted from this. CHAIR - North of the state, minister, not just the north-east. Mr BARNETT - Not just the north-east. Meander Valley right through Sheffield and to the East Coast and further south, so you cover a very large part of Tasmania. Some of the most beautiful parts indeed and very productive parts, Madam Chair. With Biosecurity Tasmania, we're protecting Tasmanians. This is a priority for our Government and Biosecurity Tasmania is delivering for and on behalf of all of us and we're locking in, in this budget, a further $6 million dollars to deliver the traveller assessment and border control across the state. Continued progress of the G2G Pass app and also the TAS eTravel system. That's also keeping out pests and disease. Keeping Tasmania free of those pests and diseases and protecting the Tassie brand. We'll do everything we can to support Biosecurity Tasmania and keeping Tasmanians safe in that regard as well. So we want our Legislative Council Estimates Committee B 2 Wednesday 25 November 2020 - Barnett borders to remain strong and we need to be flexible as we continue protecting Tasmanians from the threat of COVID-19. Tasmania is the best place in the world to live and we've backed it in, thanks to the great leadership of our premier, Peter Gutwein. The Budget 2020-21 will also deliver infrastructure benefiting the Tasmanian community right across the state. The Dog's Homes of Tasmania and the Ten Lives Cat Centre, they do great work in caring and rehoming our dogs and cats. The Budget locks in $400 000 or $200 000 each to assist them with those critical infrastructure upgrades for this year. It was great to catch up with both organisations just a week or so ago to share with them more about that announcement. They've got significant shovel ready buildings and projects on the go, and those funds will help progress them. He government is optimistic about the action we've taken across all our sectors to create the right environment for business, to be confident, to invest, to support and create jobs. It's particularly heartening in conclusion to say that during the COVID-19 pandemic, we've been working together with our stakeholders. I call it Team Tasmania. We've had many round tables with the key stakeholders across agriculture. I could share more about those important roundtable discussions and how we've worked together to respond to keeping Tasmanians safe and rebuilding our economy as we move through this coronavirus pandemic. The Budget is delivering jobs, it's delivering confidence, it's delivering support for our community, and that's what the budget is all about. Thank you for the opportunity to share those opening remarks and I look forward to sharing the rest of our story during this interaction today.
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