Issue 2007 May 26
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QUARANTINE: Drought used as excuse to relax quarantine standards
Australia has sound reasons for continuing to bar apple imports from New Zealand and China, writes Patrick J. Byrne.There have already been suggestions that, should the drought lead to higher food prices, Australia should weaken its quarantine rules to allow imports of products currently excluded from Australia.Although recent rains will break the drought for many dry-land farmers, irrigation farmers in the Murray-Darling Basin will have…
PRIMARY INDUSTRY: Vital issues in wheat single-desk decision
As farmers struggle to recover from the drought, wheat-growers need stability and certainty, something the wheat single selling-desk provides. Patrick J. Byrne reports.If the Federal Government wants to either remove the single selling-desk for export wheat from AWB or abolish the desk, it will have to also protect the commercial interests of Australian farmers.The Government is yet to make up its mind if…
