Legislative Council: Thursday, November 29, 2018

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Grain Industry

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:40): Further supplementary: do you think the minister should apologise in a public forum about his comments that farmers are 'rogue idiots'?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:40): I don't think that farmers are 'rogue idiots'. It's the same as if I said that union members are 'rogue idiots'—I would never say that because that would be generalising too much. I don't think he needs to apologise.

The Hon. R.I. Lucas: Some might be.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Some might be but I would not.