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Article: AUSTRALIA: PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY SPEAKS AT INAUGURATION OF 2006 NURSERY AND GARDEN INDUSTRY JOINT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
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- April 11, 2006
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The Australian Parliamentary Secretary to the Federal Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry issued the following speech text:
VENUE: HOTEL GRAND CHANCELLOR, HOBART
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for inviting me to open the 2006 Nursery and Garden Industry Joint Australia and New Zealand Annual Conference and Exhibition.
May I say at the outset that your conference theme, "The Nature of Profits -- Business and Personal Growth in the 'eco-age'", is appropriate?
The Australian nursery and garden industry is significant by anyone's standard.
It has an estimated economic value in excess of $5 billion and provides employment for 45,000 people.
Your conference theme, ...