I have received notice from Senator Baxter that, on the motion for the adjournment of the House this evening, he proposes to ask the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the causes of the present depression in the cattle industry, and if he will make a statement also as to the action he has taken or proposes to take to effect an improvement in the existing situation; and further, if he will state what the outlook is for the industry in the immediate future.
I am accepting that notice, and the matter will be taken at 8.30 p.m., when business will be interrupted for that purpose.