Senator LUDWIG (Queensland—Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and Minister Assisting on Queensland Floods Recovery) (14:43): I thank Senator Sterle for his continuing interest in agriculture. We hear from those opposite the challenges that they might raise around farming. But they do not want to get on board. What they want to do is run away. They want to say no to innovation. They want to say no to R&D. They want to say no to the ability of the farming community to engage in the Carbon Farming Initiative. They want to say no to a food plan. They want to say no to us bringing forward logging legislation. Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT: When there is silence we will proceed. It is very simple. Senator LUDWIG: Of course, the biggest risk for Australian agriculture being ready for the new economy is the National Party and their bedfellows the Liberal Party. The Nationals and the Liberals have put agriculture at risk with their half-baked ideas, lack of vision and their $70 billion cut. Where is that going to come from? It is going to come from rural and remote Australia. It is going to come from rural services. That is what the National Party and the Liberals will do. (Time expired)