A move to incorporate environmental messaging into Australian Dietary Guidelines has left a foul taste in mouth of agriculture industry representatives.
WA Farmers president John Hassell has boycotted a meeting with the agriculture minister over live sheep exports and the forced return of a livestock ship.
Agriculture was a hot topic in the second week of Parliament sittings this year – with the biosecurity levy and net-zero emissions targets for the industry in the spotlight.
Weeks of protests by farmers in the EU has seemingly worked, with the European Commission weakening the originally recommended cuts to agricultural emissions.
Industrial action, which has led to exporters needing to remove containers from terminals due to over month-long delays, has ended after months of disruptions to Australia’s sea freight terminals.
A recent review of research in the Murray-Darling Basin points to other serious concerns about the use of consulting studies, which are increasingly relied upon for policy-making, especially in water.
Live export vessel the MV Bahijah, that has been stranded off the coast of Perth since Monday, has berthed at Fremantle to replenish its supplies, not to offload livestock.
