May 11, 2018

The State Government yesterday released the 2018-19 State Budget, which has left WAFarmers underwhelmed due to minimal new expenditure into agriculture and regional Western Australia.  WAFarmers President Tony York said the organisation had hoped for more out of the Budget, though he acknowledged the difficult financial situation currently constraining the Western Australian Government’s finances. “We welcome the $45 million across four years to the building of the WA Grains Research and Development Capacity program, and the continued investment to support educational programs at Muresk Institute of Agriculture,” Mr York said.