I would like to acknowledge the chair of the Environment Committee, the Hon Eugenie Sage, and the partnership and the leadership of the committee in that she handed some of their roles and tasks to the deputy chair, Rachel Brooking. I would like to acknowledge the 161 submitters, made up of groups and individuals, who have made submissions to the committee. I want to acknowledge the stories I heard from farmers of decades of their connection to the land, and I want to acknowledge the passion and the emotion shown by the many farmers from whom I was privileged enough to hear their story. 