Member for Mallee Dr Anne Webster MP will stand with Mallee farmers shoulder-to-shoulder with hundreds more farmers from across the country today in an rally against what she is calling the Federal Government’s anti-farming ideology.
The Nationals are demanding 10 key changes by Labor;
- Reinstate the live sheep export trade.
- Bring back the Agriculture Visa and fix Labor’s PALM scheme mess.
- Stop Labor’s water buybacks in the Murray-Darling Basin.
- Introduce a container levy (so our own farmers don’t pay for the biosecurity risk created by international competitors).
- Reverse Labor’s cuts to regional infrastructure.
- Stop Labor’s truckie tax and vehicle efficiency standard.
- Create a mix of energy, rather than Labor’s all-renewables approach, which is destroying agricultural land.
- Scrap harmful emissions profiles, or Scope 3.
- Stop Labor’s proposed taxes on superannuation, which will impact family farms.
- Ensure the 88-day backpacker work visa remains in place for the agriculture sector.
“These 10 key areas are crucial to farming, agriculture and regional Australia. The Nationals will not stop fighting until common sense prevails and our farmers get a fair go.” The Member for Mallee said.
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