April 10, 2014

The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between Australia and Japan is the most liberalising bilateral trade agreement that Japan has ever concluded.  The agreement is said to deliver benefits to Australian farmers.  In the agreement the areas of bees, dairy and honey has been included.  Beef: The tariff on frozen beef will be cut to 19.5 per cent on full implementation. There will be significant front-end loading, with an eight percentage point cut in the first

It is estimated that the United Kingdom could have reduced their devastating 2001 outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease by 30-50% if they had implemented a national livestock standstill earlier. The Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia (DAFWA) is working with industry to enhance preparedness for a livestock standstill as part of a national program called Exercise Odysseus. Find out how a standstill would impact on your business by visiting the DAFWA website and: taking a

WAFarmers members are encouraged to take the opportunity to have their say on the management of WA’s freight rail network.  The Economics and Industry Standing Committee are calling for submissions before they report on whether the current lease arrangements and management of the Western Australian freight rail network comprising Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 lines facilitate or hamper state development.  In particular, the Committee will investigate:  the recent strategic directions and policy decisions