Another example of the short sightedness of the govt. with their decision to stop funding farming research. At a time when we need to be innovative to be competitive in the international market it is a strange time to axe this research. The anti-competitive tariffs and govt supports provided to some overseas farmers puts us at a disadvantage.Monitoring/accountability and workplace health and safety prcatices that increase our costs are not present in some other countries. The wages paid to Australian workers compared to other workers impacts on our ability to compete.
With the impacts that the governments new carbon tax will have on farming, this is not the time to be pulling research that helps keep us competitive.We need a diversified economy and we can not neglect our rural and primary production industry.
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