The recent National Farmer Rally in Canberra.
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud pledged to fix 10 Labor policies that are harming agriculture on National Agriculture Day, Friday 15th November.
Mr Littleproud said the day is a timely reminder of the important role the agriculture industry plays, providing fresh food and fibre to Australian households and the world.
“Today should be a day of celebrating the wonderful agriculture industry but our farmers are under siege,” Mr Littleproud said.
“As the Leader of The Nationals, I want to thank the incredible workers across our agricultural industries. The Nationals 100 per cent support our agriculture industry, but unfortunately, farmers are struggling to get food from paddock to plate.
“When supply goes down, prices go up, so families are also feeling the pain of what Labor is doing to our ag industry at the checkout.”
The Nationals as part of a future Coalition Government will fix 10 bad Labor policies:
1. Reinstate the live sheep export trade.
2. Bring back the Agriculture Visa and fix Labor’s PALM scheme mess.
3. Stop Labor’s changes to the MurrayDarling Basin.
4. Introduce an import container levy, so our own farmers don’t pay for the biosecurity risk created by international competitors.
5. Reverse Labor’s cuts to regional infrastructure.
6. Stop Labor’s truckie tax and vehicle efficiency standard.
7. Create a mix of energy, rather than Labor’s all-renewables approach, which is destroying agricultural land.
8. Scrap harmful emissions profiles, or Scope 3.
9. Stop Labor’s proposed taxes on superannuation, which will impact family farms.
10. Ensure the 88-day backpacker work visa remains in place for the agriculture sector.