Introduction Thank you, Stan Collard. It's a great pleasure to be here this morning, not only to address this breakfast, but also to attend the first official day of the Ekka.
Today is the start of the beef cattle judging - at Australia's largest annual stud beef show.
So I look forward to seeing many of you over there later on. I know all of us appreciate Stan and his team's efforts in organising this annual Ekka, city meets country breakfast. I'll keep my address short. First I'd like to give you a bit of my background, then talk about key trade issues and then field some questions from the floor. The Ekka provides Queensland's best venue for the city and the country to meet.