IT is hard to reflect on the many laws that Labor has introduced without feeling that they have contempt for our farmers.
Labor has no respect for our agricultural land, railroading the construction of massive transmission lines, wind towers and a blanket of solar panels across privately owned farmland.
They have no qualms about ripping up prime agricultural land for “rare earths” – Labor don’t care if five generations of farmers have nurtured and tended that land.
Labor have opened the farm gate to union intruders by giving them right of entry into the farm kitchen to inspect employee records, bringing biosecurity risks with them.
Labor will foist the extra cost biosecurity risk of imports upon Aussie farmers, not the importers.
Labor also wants to bleed our horticultural farms of water, turning up with a big cheque book to take more water out of circulation when they don’t know what to do with all the environmental water they already have.
The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder has not used 30 per cent of its allocation annually for 15 years – why buy back more?
Then there is the workforce problem. Labor wants to convert casuals to permanents and to force farmers to pay Pacific Island workers 30 hours a week, regardless of whether there is a crop or not, whether it is raining or hailing.
Now Labor has its eyes on the farm ute. The Ranger, Landcruiser and Hilux are not electric, so farmers and everyone else in regional Australia will be forced to pay $10,000 to $25,000 more for their next one.
The Nationals compelled Labor to at last establish an inquiry into supermarkets, but make no mistake, Labor will be heading to the vegie aisle to give their supermarket mates a wet-lettuce leaf flogging.
Labor runs around regional Australia killing the golden goose, smashing the regional piggy bank to so they can sandbag inner-city electorates from going Green.
It is no wonder that many farmers can’t wait for the next election, and neither can I.
