I see many parallels between this inquiry and the one regarding milk prices (not the least of which is that Senator X is pushing both).
There has been lots of rhetoric about the poor farmers (my first job was in the dairy industry, and I am very familiar with their plight), with many statements from concerned members of the public, but at the end of the day everybody (including senators I suspect) wants cheap milk. The fact that in future this may be imported from China or elsewhere, and lack the quality controls that we have here does not seem to stir a national revolt.
One interview I heard on the ABC yesterday suggested that Queensland dairy farmers should just withhold their product, but the interviewee responded that Victorian producers would quickly replace them as their is no unity amongst producers when faced with economic reality.
Very similar story.............