MARCH GRAIN GRABS - GPA Chair Barry Large
GPA members met in Canberra mid-March for a series of important events and timely advocacy activities, including continuing our strong...
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Apr 7
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | Mouse bait permit delay reaches parliament
Grain growers are starting seeding without access 50 gram zinc phosphide mouse baits despite application made by GPA for ongoing use. The...
Apr 4
QUEENSLAND COUNTRY LIFE | Growers call for fall armyworm chemical fix for cereal crops
Queensland growers have been left in the lurch for chemical control options for fall armyworm this summer crop harvest due to slow permit...
Mar 27
INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE BUILDS AGAINST BIOSECURITY TAX
Grain Producers Australia says the weight of independent evidence and opposing views are continuing to escalate, in raising serious red...
Mar 27
FARM ONLINE | Biosecurity protection levy passes House of Representatives
The legislation for the Biosecurity tax passed the House of Representatives this week, but the opposition to the concept from the...
Mar 26
ADVOCACY AND RELATIONSHIPS - GPA FORGES STRONG PRESENCE IN CANBERRA
GPA members were able to use their time following the GPA Policy Council meeting in Canberra this month to meet with a number of federal...
Mar 26
FARM ONLINE | Farmer rights can't be collateral damage in renewables race
Farmers' rights cannot be forgotten as the companies race to find locations to construct renewable energy infrastructure. Grain Producers...
Mar 22
FARM ONLINE | Biosecurity levy sent to Senate committee for scrutiny
Grain Producers Australia has welcomed the referral of the biosecurity protection levy for further scrutiny via a Senate Inquiry process....
Mar 21
COSMETIC SURGERY WON’T SAVE BIOSECURITY TAX
Grain Producers Australia welcomes the Australian Greens and other federal crossbenchers supporting Australian farmers in taking a strong...
Mar 20
BIOSECURITY TAX FAILS FAIRNESS & EQUITY TESTS
Grain Producers Australia has reaffirmed strong opposition to the proposed Biosecurity Tax saying the policy still fails to pass the...
Mar 15
SOCIAL LICENSE CRITICAL TO SUSTAINABLE RENEWABLES
Grain Producers Australia welcomes acknowledgement by Federal Agriculture Minister, Murray Watt, that consultations with farming...
Mar 13
GRAIN CENTRAL | GPA, NSW Farmers voice concerns about fire ants to inquiry
GRAIN Producers Australia has called for more research into the potential impacts of red imported fire ants as the pest threatens to...
Mar 12
COUNTRYMAN | WA farm leaders pay tribute to late Pingelly grower Ray Marshall’s ‘unwavering commitment’ to grains industry
Tributes are flowing for Pingelly farmer Ray Marshall, who is being remembered as “one of the most influential figures” of WA’s grains...
Mar 12
FARM WEEKLY | Grains champion Ray Marshall passes away
Grain Producers Australia (GPA) has recognised the incredible service and selfless contribution of grains industry champion and stalwart,...
Mar 12
FARM ONLINE | Ag lobby primes Senate as last stand to stop biosecurity protection levy
More than a dozen advocacy groups have been "lobbying the crossbench hard" in recent weeks to prime the Senate as the final battleground...
Mar 11
GPA REMEMBERS INDUSTRY CHAMPION RAY MARSHALL
Grain Producers Australia recognises the incredible service and selfless contribution of grains industry champion and stalwart, Ray...
Mar 6
GPA OPENING STATEMENT: RIFA SENATE INQUIRY
Inquiry into Red Imported Fire Ants in Australia Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport References Committee. Public Hearing –...
Feb 28
AAP | Farmers fuming despite having say on biosecurity spend
Farmers and importers will have their say on how biosecurity funding is spent, the Albanese government says, but they're still furious...
Feb 26
BIOSECURITY TAX FAILS MORE INDEPENDENT SCRUTINY
Grain Producers Australia says the findings of a new report and independent expert analysis, has cast a bigger spotlight on the...
Feb 26
FARM ONLINE | Import paperwork surge, shippers offer to pay farmers' biosecurity levy
New data has revealed a "significant upsurge" in import shipment paperwork awaiting approval, with the growing backlog causing "confusion...
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