Minister for Agriculture Murray Watt criticised an NFF campaign and defended new workforce legislation.
AUSTRALIA’S Agriculture Minister Murray Watt has criticised a National Farmers Federation campaign against proposed workforce law amendments in a Senate Estimates hearing this week.
And chair of the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, Labor Senator Glenn Sterle has agreed the campaign contained “mistruths.”
The NFF recently completed its National Farmer Priorities Survey that showed most respondents believe government policies were harming the sector.
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