October 2018

The Western Dairy board selection panel met last week and interviewed who we considered to be two outstanding candidates for the advertised vacancies. Our view was that they each bring different strengths to the board and were able to demonstrate this most convincingly via the interview process. For us, the particular strengths that Andrew Jenkins offers is his astute understanding of the business of farming, his obvious interest in pasture production and the need to

Deloitte are undertaking a review of the Western Australian Heavy Vehicle Accreditation system. As part of WAFarmers due diligence we are looking for feedback from our members through this survey below which will allow us to provide adequate suggestions to Deloitte.   FIND THE SURVEY HERE Please provide feedback before Thursday 18 October.  Thank you and we appreciate your help! 

The State Government recently passed new legislation that increases the penalties for breaches of the OHS Act. This is the first step in the McGowan Government’s efforts to include Western Australia in the harmonised national laws. The Bills for the harmonisation are being drafted, this will be read into parliament in the government’s first term. Western Australian farmers should be aware of their ongoing responsibilities for themselves, employees, family and contractors while they are the

In response to the Four Corners episode aired on the ABC last night 8 October, WAFarmers has concerns over the misrepresentation of glyphosate. WAFarmers Grain Council President Duncan Young said the portrayal of glyphosate as a cancer causing agent has been blown out proportion by the Four Corners programme. “The programme lacked substantial scientific evidence and rather relied on pseudo-scientific claims and hearsay that glyphosate was responsible for causing farmers cancer and was the sole carcinogenic involved in the