Australia's agriculture minister says the country's national farm lobby is ignorant in its criticism of the coalition's pre-election budget and suggests it is a "sideline critic that doesn't understand the science".
"including to safeguard our northern border against lumpy skin disease and other emerging vector-borne animal diseases".Despite welcoming some regional funding commitments, the National Farmers' Federation said the "steady" budget had failed to deliver adequate and sustainable funding for Australia's biosecurity system.
"We've sent our chief veterinary officer to Indonesia, and they want to Singapore to make sure that we can work constructively with them.""And so, putting $60 million-plus into more boots on the ground in terms of surveillance is at this stage is all we can do."So that's ignorance about understanding the threat.""The department is giving us the advice the scientists are giving us advice, not sideline critics that don't understand the science.
So farmers want more handouts yet again? No wonder they keep voting for the nats. They know they'll get the money for their inability to run a basic business every time
Littleproud is well named. An ex banker, which is so very very close to his favourite pastime.
That would make a lot of obese people very happy, but then unable to blame lumpy skin disease for their weight and looks.
Barnaby Joyce is in trouble
Oh yuk.
Is that any way really to talk about our Deputy Prime Minister? For shame!!!