Rudd’s war on rural Australia

Warren Truss

Mr Rudd has declared an “unofficial war” on rural Australia, Nationals’ leader Warren Truss said today.

More than $1 billion was cut from country areas in the first Rudd Budget, senior ministers have spent considerable time attacking the Coalition’s funding of good and much-needed infrastructure projects in local communities and agricultural research stations have been closed, he said.

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Garrett misses deadline, leaves farmers hanging again

Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Environment Minister Peter Garrett has failed to meet a deadline for providing an answer on Tasmania’s application for an emergency release of water for the Clyde River area. More

Burke fails to get banks to pass rate relief on to farmers and small business

Thu, 6th November 2008
The Hon John Cobb MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

Despite holding a summit last month with the big Banks and claiming “we will start to see farmers receiving benefits from that interest rate cut’, farmers and small businesses are still waiting for lenders to pass on any significant rate cuts. More

Rudd Govt looks to cut crucial drought support by 2010

Thu, 30th October 2008
The Hon John Cobb MP
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry

The Draft Productivity Commission Report ‘Inquiry into Government Drought Support’ commissioned by the Agriculture Minister, Tony Burke highlights farmers concerns that the Rudd Government is set to abandon rural and regional communities battling one of the worst droughts in the Nations history. More