March 2013

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc.) (WAFarmers) is calling for better coordination between the Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) and local fire fighters to ensure the best possible response to fire emergencies. WAFarmers President, Dale Park, said he recognises the important and difficult role DFES plays however, the local knowledge of community fire fighters need to be utilised. “Local fire fighters have a vast knowledge of their regions and to combine this knowledge

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc) (WAFarmers) is calling on WA Labor to outline its plans for agriculture, in line with the other political parties, prior to the State Election on Saturday 9 March. WAFarmers released its 10 Key State Election Issues in January and since then has engaged with all political parties in relation to the future of agriculture in Western Australia. WAFarmers President, Dale Park, said earlier this week, WAFarmers had released its

The Western Australian Farmers Federation (Inc) (WAFarmers) is extremely concerned of the content of a Department of Agriculture and Food WA (DAFWA) report glossing over the dire economic circumstances of many farmers in the wheatbelt as reported in the Farm Weekly on 28 February 2013. WAFarmers Senior Vice President and Farm Business Spokesman, Tony York, said the report covering only 239 farmers and excluding farms in the far Eastern and South Eastern wheatbelt was in no way