Sheep sector, hot meals and Women of Honour
The Leader confirmed a debate on the sheep sector, praised the hot school meals expansion, and responded to concerns about the Women of Honour report and Defence Forces briefing.
Senators Kyne, Murphy, Conway and Joe O'Reilly all spoke about the difficulties facing the sheep sector. I guarantee that the Minister is listening because he will come to the House for a debate on the matter on 19 April. I am pleased to be able to inform Members about that. He is one of the most responsive Ministers I have come across in my 12 or 13 years in this House. Senators Joe O'Reilly and Dolan spoke about the expansion of the hot school meals programme. It put a little smile on my face as I started the pilot in 2018. I take my hat off to Deputy Humphreys as she is obviously a far stronger negotiator than I am.