Farmers feed the world

Nationals candidate for Parkes Jamie Chaffey, Nationals Leader David Littleproud and Member for Parkes Mark Coulton pledge to fix 10 Labor policies that are harming agriculture. Photo contributed

Mr Coulton said that the Nationals provided 100 per cent support for the agricultural industry, but said that farmers are struggling to get food from paddock to plate in the Parkes electorate because of what Labor is doing to them.

“Just last week, Senate Estimates revealed the number of Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) workers in agriculture has fallen by more than 20 per cent, from 21,915 in July 2023 to 16,705 workers in September 2024, because Labor made the scheme unworkable,” Mr Coulton said.

“When supply goes down, prices go up, so families are also feeling the pain of what Labor is doing to our ag industry at the checkout.”

Mr Chaffey said National Ag Day should be a day of celebrating the wonderful agriculture industry, but that our farmers are under siege. […]

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