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FARM ONLINE | GPA slams 'misleading' government biosecurity consultation process
Repeated claims the Federal Government adequately consulted with industry highlighted in the Senate Inquiry report into the biosecurity...
May 14, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Biosecurity shock as crossbench declares intention to vote down levy
Crossbench Senators have reportedly committed to vote down the biosecurity levy. Farm Online reported late on the day the legislation was...
May 14, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | Senate committee backs proposed biosecurity levy
A report and dissenting viewpoint have been released from the Rural and Regional Affairs Transport Legislation Committee inquiry into the...
May 13, 2024


THE WEEKLY TIMES | Biosecurity levy: Senate committee's report 'tone deaf'
A committee tasked with scrutinising the Federal Government's much-criticised biosecurity protection levy has made one recommendation,...
May 13, 2024


AUSTRALIAN RURAL & REGIONAL NEWS | Misleading biosecurity tax 'consultation' called out: GPA
Gross and misleading claims the Federal Government adequately consulted with farmers regarding plans for the proposed biosecurity tax...
May 13, 2024


THE WEEKLY TIMES | Farmers sow barley with confidence
China's removal of tariffs on Australian barley has growers confident in their barley plantings this year. The 80 per cent tariff had...
May 10, 2024


SA COUNTRY HOUR | SA growers support ZP50 mouse bait access option
Grain Producers SA (GPSA) CEO Brad Perry spoke to the ABC Country Hour recently about the results of his group’s recent grower survey on...
May 9, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | Chickpeas hit $1000/t on welcome news from India
News of India removing tariffs from Australia's chickpeas has reflected positively among growers and the market has responded with prices...
May 7, 2024


COUNTRYMAN | DAFF casts doubt on container 'tax' proposal as Senate inquiry into biosecurity levy continues
Suggestions by agricultural industry groups that importers, as risk creators, should take on the cost of biosecurity protection have been...
Apr 30, 2024


QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | Grain growers want high-tech AI to give consistency across sorghum grading
Concerns that inconsistency in assessment of sorghum at receival sites have the potential to negatively affect grower bottom line have...
Apr 30, 2024


COUNTRYMAN | Agriculture industry leaders form united front against Labor’s biosecurity levy at Senate inquiry
Grains, livestock and horticulture farming groups fired harsh criticism at the Federal Government's proposed biosecurity levy/tax during...
Apr 26, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | DAFF knocks back 'importer pays' levy alternatives
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry representatives have dismissed instating a container levy or increasing import...
Apr 24, 2024


THE WEEKLY TIMES | USDA predicts decline in Aussie wheat production
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates have projected a drop in Australian...
Apr 24, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | GPA, GrainGrowers critical of proposed biosecurity levy
Grain Producers Australia Chief Executive Officer Colin Bettles presented a strong opposition to the Federal Government's proposed...
Apr 24, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Grains bodies slam biosecurity consultation process
The mounting pressure on the Federal Government to scrap the proposed biosecurity tax continues to build as Grain Producers Australia and...
Apr 23, 2024


COUNTRYMAN | REVEALED: Grain growers to bear the brunt of Albanese Government's proposed biosecurity levy
The release of individual commodity biosecurity levy calculations after public submissions to the Senate inquiry into the legislation had...
Apr 23, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Rushed, clumsy, inequitable: biosecurity protection levy under farmer fire in Senate hearing
Flawed structural and design issues with the Federal Government's proposed Biosecurity Protection Levy (BPL) were highlighted by producer...
Apr 23, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | Revystar on market, Victrato at gate as APVMA chugs through list
In recent years, the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) has relocated from Canberra to Armidale, been the...
Apr 22, 2024


GRAIN CENTRAL | Biosecurity levy to cost grains $12.25M
New figures released by the Federal Government show Australian grain producers are being forced to pay 10 times more than the existing...
Apr 22, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Find out what you'll pay: government reveals biosecurity levy increases
New figures from the Federal Government revealing the amount industries, such as grains, will be required to pay for the biosecurity...
Apr 19, 2024
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