Ms Wendy Gray:

Perhaps I will answer the Senator's question about co-operatives by speaking about enterprise policy in general. We do not encourage companies to take any particular legal form. It is up to the companies themselves to take such decisions. We would not focus on any particular legal entity. As part of our efforts to build strength and resilience, we try to focus on companies getting together. We believe in strength in numbers. We try to build awareness of the importance of sharing information and innovation. We focus on clustering and network-building as ways of trying to get companies together so they can learn from one another. While we do not focus on co-operatives, we are absolutely focused on bringing companies together to share their knowledge and try to strengthen their businesses.