Here is an extract of an article from a very passionate person.
Red tape is destroying farming communities, yet the best the Turnbull government can do is launch another review.
At end of March, the government announced it would undertake a review into the red tape imposed on farmers by federal environmental regulation.
But this review, like most others, will end up providing a massive pay day for the bureaucrats who run it, only to sit on the shelf and gather dust for decades to come.
What is so troubling is that the government is not taking this issue seriously.
In announcing the review, the government said they would be “weeding out unnecessary red tape for farmers.”
Red tape is more than just a few weeds that need to be pulled out.
Only root and branch reform, involving the total extermination of red tape, and the bureaucratic pests which impose it, will help restore prosperity and opportunity to the agricultural sector.
Here’s how to do it. Read the full story here
Whilst I laud me Mr Wild for his support of farmers I struggle with the concept that farmers have imposts the rest of the world escapes
Not so – in reality farmers have a social licence the rest of the world envies. Look at the humble dog owner and the code of practice.
Have a dog, the red tape says
- get it chipped
- keep it on a lead in public places
- pick up its poop and dispose of it responsibly
- dont dock its tail to name but a few
Social licence is earned. Our role as farmers is to show we deserve the freedoms we have and that means working with government and the community in an open and transparent way. Yes its hard work and we have to jump through lots of hoops but that’s farming in the 21st century. We are no different from any other business and we have to be prepared to show the faith the community has in us is warranted
