MEDIA RELEASE 20 November 2018 Cattle Producers Australia (CPA) Committee Members attended the Cattle Council of Australia (CCA) AGM to seek insight on CCA’s new draft model of its organisation’s restructure. CCA, CEO Margo Andrae explained the new organisation as a direct elect model in which individual levy payers will vote for a traditional fiduciary…
Cattle Producers Australia (CPA) was alarmed to hear of the recent announcement at Red Meat 2018 in Canberra by MLA Andrew McCallum that an application had been made by the US to import fresh (chilled and frozen) beef product into Australia and added that Japan is already importing some meat products into Australia. CPA recognises…
Opinion Piece by Dr Paul Wright, Chair of Cattle Producers Australia It is astonishing how little real progress has been made in fundamental cattle industry structural reform given the overwhelming weight of evidence supporting the need for reform. As Mr Norton says, ‘old ways are entrenched, and interests are vested’! Two recent Senate inquiries and…
The catastrophic nature of the Queensland fires has been years in the making. With over 50 km/h winds the scale and intensity of the Queensland bushfire emergency saw over 200 fires burning across the State with catastrophic destruction to communities and thousands of hectares of farmland, state forests and national parks. In recent years the…
Grants to realise big ideas for agriculture from young rural innovators Grant applications are now open for the 2019 Science and Innovation Awards for Young People in Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. If you’re 18-35, this is your chance to apply for a grant of up to $22,000 to fund your project on an innovative or…
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