What is the latest information on efforts to expand the North Coast coffee industry?
Mr DAVID CAMPBELL: Again, we have a Country Labor member asking a question on issues concerning country New South Wales. Honourable members will certainly agree with me that few things in life are better than a great cup of coffee. New South Wales coffee drinkers are increasingly downing a home brew. A growing number of lattes and espressos are being made with North Coast coffee beans. The New South Wales Government supports our State’s growing coffee industry. More than 120 growers around Nimbin, Casino, Tweed Heads, Byron Bay, Richmond, the Clarence River Valley and Coffs Harbour are now producing high-quality coffee. The New South Wales industry is largely a boutique-style supplier. Our small producers are targeting the specialty coffee market. Their premium beans are gaining a higher price because buyers value the quality of North Coast beans. They are renowned because we produce single-origin, shade-grown, organic beans, which are low in caffeine. The fact that they are naturally
