Peter Wellington MP - The Peoples Voice, not a Partys Puppet Just a label would have saved our dairy farmers but the government and Labor said NO Yesterday we saw the Government and the Labor Party reject a call to help the State’s ailing dairy farmers it wasn’t much to ask, just to put a label on a carton of milk but it would have made the world of difference to our farmers. Last night I spoke in support of a heartfelt plea by Katter Party Member Shane Knuth to help our desperate dairy industry. Shane introduced his Fair Milk Price Bill to Parliament which calls for a label to be put on all milk produced by Queensland Dairy Farmers to identify it from the No Brand milk sold by the major supermarkets. People buying the Fair Milk brand at the slightly higher price would know that they would be helping the State’s struggling dairy farmers. And, enable dairy farmers who are fast becoming extinct to make just 8 cents a litre above the cost of production. A survey by Queensland Dairy Farmers Organisation has shown that most people would be prepared to pay the extra few cents to ensure the milk they consumed was produced in Queensland. Without an increase many more dairy farmers will go to the wall. They are disappearing at an alarming rate and even now we are importing milk from interstate. Soon we could be buying reconstituted milk from overseas. And, what did the LNP and Labor do with this Bill – they voted against it. Only the crossbenches supported it.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 11:16:50 +0000
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