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RURAL FOCUS | Biosecurity tax should still be scrapped
GPA Chair Barry Large and Rural Focus host Troy Stockden discuss changes announced by the Federal Government which it says will make the...
Feb 13, 2024


THE LAND | Government re-jigs biosecurity tax - what it means by sector
The government has responded to months of protests from the agriculture sector by announcing alterations to its contentious Biosecurity...
Feb 13, 2024


COUNTRY CALLER REGIONAL NEWS | Doubts over approach to farm produce price gouging
THERE’S an awful lot of noise being made right now about the prices every day Australians are being charged at the checkout, whilst the...
Feb 6, 2024


Australian Rural & Regional News | Not all farmers are farmers when it comes to fairness: GPA
There’s an awful lot of noise being made right now about the prices every day Australians are being charged at the checkout, whilst the...
Feb 5, 2024


2GB RURAL NEWS | Farmers fighting biosecurity tax
50 Aussie farm groups are uniting to fight the federal government's proposed biosecurity tax due to come in on the 1st of July this year....
Jan 24, 2024


QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | GrainGrowers enters biosecurity debate
The biosecurity levy continues to bubble away as the ag sector's major priority in early 2024. Grains peak body GrainGrowers has gone...
Jan 22, 2024


2GB Ben Fordham Live | ‘Scrap it’ – Farmers furious about new biosecurity tax
Grain Producers Australia Chief Executive, Colin Bettles, explains to host Ben Fordham why Australian farmers are angry about the Federal...
Jan 22, 2024


FARMING AHEAD | Farms groups unite against biosecurity "tax"
AUSTRALIAN farm groups have united in strong opposition of the proposed 10 per cent biosecurity levy, sending a joint letter to the Prime...
Jan 19, 2024


AUSTRALIAN RURAL & REGIONAL NEWS | 50 groups unite to scrap biosecurity tax: GPA
50 Australian agricultural producer representative groups have unified to send a powerful, collective message to the Federal Government...
Jan 18, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Ag groups united to pen letter opposing biosecurity levy
MORE than 50 agricultural producer representative groups across sectors as diverse as grains and livestock through to aquaculture and...
Jan 17, 2024


FARM WEEKLY | Axe proposed tax before it's too late
Australian farmers are extremely angry about the proposed 10 per cent biosecurity tax being imposed by the Federal government. And...
Jan 17, 2024


SHEEP CENTRAL | Sheep and wool bodies among 50 groups fighting biosecurity tax
THE FEDERAL Government has received a joint letter from 50 Australian agricultural producer representative groups voicing strong...
Jan 17, 2024


RURAL FOCUS | 50 Farm Groups Unite To Scrap The Biosecurity Tax
GPA chair Barry Large tells host Troy Stockden he was at the Rural Press Club when the proposed biosecurity tax was announced. It was...
Jan 17, 2024


THE WEEKLY TIMES | Farm leaders call for ‘unfair’ biosecurity levy to be scrapped
More than 50 agricultural groups have joined forces to urge the federal government to scrap its “grossly unfair” biosecurity levy, due to...
Jan 17, 2024


ABC NSW COUNTRY HOUR | Campaign ramps up against 10pc biosecurity tax
GPA Chief Executive Colin Bettles and Wool Producers Australia Chief Executive Officer Jo Hall explain to ABC NSW Country Hour host...
Jan 17, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Taylor appointed to GPA board
AgForce Grains president Brendan Taylor has been appointed to the Grain Producers Australia board as a northern region director. Mr...
Jan 14, 2024


FARM ONLINE | GPA flags GRDC levy change to fund biosecurity
Grain Producers Australia has flagged the possibility of reallocating a minute proportion of the grower levies paid to the Grains...
Jan 13, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Australia pushes for closer trade ties with UAE
Australian farmers will look to develop trade into the Middle East as part of a proposed free trade deal with the United Arab Emirates....
Jan 10, 2024


FARM ONLINE | Government shuts door on ACCC grain inquiry push
The Federal Government has quietly shut the door on the grain production sector's push for an Australian Competition and Consumer...
Jan 10, 2024


THE WEEKLY TIMES | Lentil tariff extension
Tariff-free access for lentils to India is set to continue until March 2025 and could see the crop earning more popularity in Australia....
Jan 9, 2024
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