THE pork industry needs your urgent help to save its bacon.
Premier Jacinta Allan is coming after a sector that contributes $488 million to the Victorian economy and supports almost 2700 full-time jobs.
Last week, the committee holding the looming Inquiry into Pig Welfare in Victoria was inundated by almost 500 powerful submissions entered on our website www.saveourbacon.com.au.
There is so much support for the industry and although submissions officially closed last Friday, late submissions are just as important and I urge you to go to the website.
The industry, so strong throughout regional Victoria, is under threat by ideological inner-city animal extremists. The inquiry is a sham and an insult to an industry that already has the support of independent, audited quality assurance programs.
We are in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis, yet it is clear Labor has your Christmas ham in its sights, along with your favourite pork dumplings.
This dark cloud over the pork industry is both sad and disturbing – but not surprising given the botched closure of the native timber industry in this state.
We can’t allow the pork industry to suffer the same fate.
Emma Kealy
Opposition agriculture spokesperson
