Hon EUGENIE SAGE: —Willis, sorry; thank you, Mr Seymour: Nicola Willis—in terms of the fact that the National Party supposedly is very supportive and has the back of the rural community. One of the first things that the Government did in the last term was amend the ministerial directive to the Overseas Investment Office in relation to rural land. Under the former National Government, the provisions in the overseas investment legislation around a requirement for screening and consent for rural land above 5 hectares had so many loopholes that you could drive a truck through them. One of the key loopholes was that the ministerial directive by the former National Government was that the substantial and identifiable benefit test only applied to large farms, which could be several times larger than a standard dairy farm. The previous Government sent a directive to the office for the overseas investment changing that. What this bill does is embeds those provisions around rural land in the legislation so it's not just relying on a ministerial letter, and it means that any future Government will need to come back to this House, rather than the Minister of Finance simply changing a letter. 