We need to protect our farmers

By Nsw Farmers’ Business Economics and Trade Committee Chairman Peter Wilson
Updated March 5 2018 - 7:18am, first published March 4 2018 - 4:30am
We need to protect our farmers
We need to protect our farmers

As the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission finalises its report on the dairy inquiry, primary producers should clearly understand that competition policies are solely interested in deriving a better deal for the consumer no matter the wider cost. It does not protect small businesses, like farmers, from unfair or unethical conduct of powerful market players. The poor treatment of poultry, dairy and egg farmers is a testament to this lack of concern.

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