The Coalition Government has announced it will bring the Aussie Farms website under the Privacy Act, exposing it to potential penalties of more than $400,000 if it breaches the Act…Read More
As anti-meat activists find they can trespass onto private property and harass family farmers with virtual legal impunity, the question of what the livestock sector can do to protect itself in response dominated discussions at the Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association conference in Darwin on Friday…Read More
Federal Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud is demanding State Governments increase trespass laws and penalties after another animal activist invasion, this time at Lemon Tree feedlot near Millmerran on Queensland’s Darling Downs…Read More
After a year of debating which agency should oversee regulation of cell-cultured proteins the USDA and FDA agree to jointly oversee regulation of the emerging industry. ..Read More
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has again called on animal activist group Aussie Farms to pull down its map of Australian farms after a business on the map was broken into…Read More
Vegan activists getting in the faces of livestock producers already dealing with the pressure of managing livestock through the impacts of droughts, floods or fires – in some cases all three – what could possibly go wrong?..Read More
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud has called for calm following an incident in Harvey, WA…Read More
Australia’s farming sector faces a pressing challenge to work proactively in 2019 to drive a national strategy on climate change and agriculture, writes Farmers for Climate Action chief executive officer Verity Morgan-Schmidt..Read More
Australia’s deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack has blasted animal rights activists behind the Aussie Farms website and ‘farm-shaming map’, saying they should be ashamed of themselves for demonising hard working Australian farmers to suit a vegan agenda, and increasing the risk of serious biosecurity incursions by encouraging trespass. ..Read More
Does the red meat industry need a strategic and well-resourced communication plan to combat the dramatic acceleration of anti-meat messaging in mainstream media in recent times? ..Read More
