Farmers shielded from 'nuisance claims', right to farm enshrined

John Ellicott
Updated August 20 2019 - 1:42pm, first published 1:00pm
A Right to Farm Bill will be introduced in NSW partly to stop animal vigilantes entering farms, with tougher trespass laws including possible jail time. Inset is two Northern NSW dairyfarmers who saw their biosecurity breached on farm by activists and another who had their details published online.
A Right to Farm Bill will be introduced in NSW partly to stop animal vigilantes entering farms, with tougher trespass laws including possible jail time. Inset is two Northern NSW dairyfarmers who saw their biosecurity breached on farm by activists and another who had their details published online.

A new Right to Farm Bill in NSW will stop "nuisance claims" against farmers, recognise a farmer's right to farm and legislate possible jail time for people who trespass on farms.

John Ellicott

John Ellicott

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