van de Molen TimTIM VAN DE MOLEN (National—Waikato): Thank you Madam Speaker. Here we are now on the third and final reading of the National Animal Identification and Tracing (NAIT) Amendment Bill (No 2). It's good to see this progressing through. When we look at the farming sentiment around the country at the moment it's been very challenged and there are a number of aspects being proposed by this Government that are causing a significant drop in confidence: increasing costs increasing compliance and—Hon Damien O'Connor: Starts with the banks—starts with the banks.TIM VAN DE MOLEN: —reducing confidence so that is concerning the rural sector and we see that. The Minister's calling out and I encourage him to be a bit more supportive and understanding of the rural sector because it's a critical part of our economy. It's nice actually to see now that this piece of legislation is good.There did need to be some change to the NAIT bill—this is doing that—and I just want to touch on a couple of the key aspects within that because David Bennett raised it earlier on around the ownership of the core data. That was actually quite an interesting conundrum that was discovered by the Primary Production Committee effectively when it came to determining where the ownership of that core data sat. It was a little uncertain and so being able to shift that away from the Crown I think was the right solution. Moving that into a space where it was more industry-led was the right thing to do.The other aspect that I really wanted to touch on was around the transport operators too because when we think about the requirements where the responsibility sits and who should be picking up the tab in terms of that the transport operators are carrying out a core function within this. We've heard already about the complexities from a practical sense of how difficult it can be to expect the obligation to be on them in that instance. I appreciate that there aren't too many farming members on the other side of the House to understand some of those challenges but like Mr King mentioned there are a whole range of aspects that make it impractical for the transport operators to do that some of that tagging with the challenges around the dangerous animals as well. So those are all important things. The transport one in particular—the exemption if they're carrying a declaration—is a critical part that I really wanted to touch on. For me that's an important exemption that's now being brought into place. It's critical that they can carry out their function without being hindered or impeded upon so that they can carry on conducting business appropriately.Now I am also mindful though that we've seen in the farming sector increasing costs—Simeon Brown: Anything more you want to touch on?TIM VAN DE MOLEN: —of compliance and challenges around that. It is important to touch on that too actually Mr Brown just before we wrap up. We do need to be mindful of adding additional compliance into the system and sometimes I fear we do too much of that. But in this case it's about getting the right balance to ensure that we can manage through any particular potential biosecurity incursions like M. Bovis and come out with the right solution at the end of the day. And so on that basis I commend it to the House. Thank you.