March 5, 2015

The Agrifood Labour Initiative and Sheep Industry Leadership Council plan to develop and implement a Certificate III traineeship specifically for the WA Sheep industry; and are looking to recruit school leavers to enter the industry. CCIWA is seeking Expressions of Interest from farm businesses who would like to be involved. They plan to partner with high schools offering agriculture courses and want to recruit applicants to the program from Year 11 & 12 students already

WAFarmers has completed several submissions recently and is continuing to work on a number of others. WAFarmers recently made a submission registering the organisations support for the Criminal Code Amendment (Animal Protection) Bill 2015, referred by the Senate to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry. WAFarmers endorses the proposed Bill, believing that everyone has a moral obligation to treat all animals humanely. Western Australian livestock producers take their responsibilities for

Kondinin Group is holding free one-day workshops for Australian farmers in WA during March and April. These are business awareness workshops which focus on carbon farming and will assist farmers in considering the business opportunities available through participation in the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). The ERF came into effect from December 2014 and integrates the Australian Government’s original Carbon Farming Initiative scheme. Workshops participants will receive a manual to consolidate the information they receive from