Senator McKENZIE (Victoria—Minister for Agriculture and Leader of The Nationals in the Senate) (14:24): Thank you, Senator McDonald, for your question and for your strong advocacy for sugar growers in Queensland. The sugar industry is a major contributor to the economies of rural and regional communities in Queensland and northern New South Wales, generating more than $2 billion for the national economy and making it the third-largest sugar exporter in the world. In 2017, our government introduced the Sugar Code of Conduct to provide for pre-contract arbitration when growers, millers and marketers fail to agree to terms, contracts or agreements with each other and to guarantee grower choice for the marketing of sugar. The review of the code last year sought feedback and evidence as to whether the code was operating as intended. Following significant consultation, the government committed to retaining the code, which continues to provide certainty for growers, millers, marketers and the many thousands of Australians employed in the sugar export supply chain. With the code in place, growers, millers and marketers are now able to get on with the job. Our sugar farmers are suffering from the low value of sugar on the world market, further exacerbated by India's announcement of a six million tonne export subsidy of $216 a tonne starting next year. The Australian government is deeply concerned with India's excessive sugar subsidies. To help the sugar industry, the government have exercised our right to protect the 40,000 sugar industry jobs by initiating a dispute settlement action in the WTO against India's sugar subsidy regime. This panel was established on 15 August. India's subsidies are vastly in excess of its limits under the WTO rules, contributing to a glut on the global sugar market and driving prices down to unsustainable lows, hurting Australia's globally competitive sugar industry. Our government continues to stand with sugarcane growers and the millers throughout Queensland and New South Wales. The PRESIDENT: Senator McDonald, a supplementary question.