Senator CANAVAN (Queensland—Minister for Resources and Northern Australia) (14:39): I thank Senator Hanson for that question. It is a very important question about the plight of dairy farmers in this nation. The short answer to Senator Hanson's question is that the government has already conducted an ACCC inquiry into the dairy industry. We've received those recommendations back. The most significant of the recommendations is the establishment of a mandatory code of conduct for the dairy industry. The government is currently considering that recommendation. We are moving forward with it. I thank and congratulate the Australian Dairy Farmers organisation for, I think in the last week or two, coming behind and supporting that mandatory code of conduct. So we will be acting soon on the recommendations of that report. I would also like to take this opportunity to point out the number of other things the government has been doing to assist Australian dairy farmers in recent years. We've provided significant direct assistance to the dairy industry, both in response to the crisis in Victoria in recent years, when milk contracts— The PRESIDENT: Senator Hanson, on a point of order? Senator Hanson: My question was to refer the conduct of Coles and Woolworths to the ACCC because of their anticompetitive conduct in relation to threats to the dairy farmers to take their products from the shelves. There was no reference to that whatsoever. The PRESIDENT: Senator Hanson, that was the end of a very long question. As long as the minister is directly relevant to part of the question asked, I am not in a position to instruct him how to answer the question. I've been listening carefully to the minister. You've reminded him of the end of your question. I believe he is being directly relevant to the question. Do you want to make another submission, Senator Hanson? Senator Hanson: Yes, I do. My question was the relevance of the conduct of Coles and Woolworths to the ACCC on the basis of anticompetitive behaviour. The PRESIDENT: I have ruled. Please resume your seat. You had a lengthy introduction to that question leading up to that part at the end of it. As long as the minister is directly relevant to part of your question asked, he is in order. Senator CANAVAN: We have conducted an ACCC inquiry into the dairy industry, but it's not the only thing that we've been doing, because we do think that some of the issues faced in the dairy industry require more immediate action. That's why we've provided $579 million of assistance through the Dairy Support Package. We've also provided drought assistance to 600 dairy farmers across Australia. We've conducted the ACCC inquiry. Also, in terms of the anticompetitive conduct issues that Senator Hanson has raised, we have strengthened the Competition and Consumer Act through the addition of the effects test, which is something that the Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation specifically asked for and fought for, and I recognise their work for that. Greater action is able to be taken against processors or retailers in the sector thanks to the government's actions in strengthening competition laws. The PRESIDENT: Senator Hanson, is there a supplementary question?