September 26, 2018

As the WAFarmers Dairy Council President, I commend the Federal Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud for his in principle support of a 10c/litre milk levy to help dairy farmers manage the effects of the drought. While we recognise the various responses from retailers and processes in the eastern states, we need Western Australia to be included in a national response. WAFarmers is in full support of the concept developed by the Queensland Dairy Farmers Organisation

WAFarmers President Tony York and Livestock Council President David Slade have welcomed the tabling of a WAFarmers initiated petition seeking an economic and social investigation into the importance of Australia’s live sheep trade. O’Connor Member Rick Wilson tabled the petition this week in Federal Parliament which included approximately signatures collected across Western Australia. WAFarmers Livestock President David Slade said the organisation hopes the petition outlines the support from the Western Australian community. “The purpose of