June 6, 2019

WAFarmers welcomes the growing interest by the state government in attracting students to work in the primary industry sector via their recently launched Project Primed. The project aims to raise the profile of careers in fisheries, forestry and agriculture, because for too long students have seen these sectors through the prism of men working outdoors offering nothing but low pay and hard work. Our industry has failed to build a picture of a modern workplace

The Senate results from the last election sees nine Greens joining the 26 ALP senators which matches the coalitions 35 seats, leaving the cross benches with two One Nation, two Centre Alliance, one Australian Conservative Cory Bernardi and one Tasmanian independent Jacqui Lambie. With memories of the influence that the Greens had over the Gillard government and the ongoing need of the ALP to cultivate their members in the senate it’s time to take a