LABOR’S current biosecurity protection levy proposal would give food importers a “free kick” against Australian agriculture, National Farmers Federation president David Jochinke said this week.
The Senate Selection of Bills Committee on 21 March referred the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024 and related bills to the Rural and Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee for inquiry and report by 10 May 2024.
The bills referred included the Agriculture (Biosecurity Protection) Levies Bill 2024,…