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31 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Bumper Year For Victorian Farm Exports With $1.3 Billion Rise Victor P Taffa Victorian food and fibre exports grew by 19 % last year despite a tough economic climate and parity Australian dollar. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said a new Department of Primary Industries (DPI) report found [...]
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30 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Victorian Government Reinstates ‘Lost’ Bees Sites Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government has reinstated more than 90 bee licences on public land that had been lost to the industry. Visiting a Castlemaine honey business today, Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said 92 sites had been returned to [...]
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26 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh No Better Time To Recognise Victoria’s Farmers Victor P Taffa Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh has recognised the contribution Victorian farmers make to the country’s economy this Australia Day. “This year, 2012, is Australian Year of the Farmer and there is no better time to focus on past [...]
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26 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh One More Reason To Eat Lamb On Australia Day Victor P Taffa Victorians now have another reason to love their lamb this Australia Day, as new research reveals the secret to boosting the meat’s healthy qualities. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said scientists from the Victorian Department of [...]
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23 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Partnership A Positive For Dairy Industry Victor P Taffa Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh has welcomed a partnership between Coles and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter that will see about 35 new jobs created in regional Victoria. Visiting Warrnambool Cheese and Butter at Allansford today, Mr. Walsh said [...]
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19 January 2012
Western Australia Minister for Agriculture and Food Terry Redman Bumper Harvest Yields Record Crop Victor P Taffa Western Australia’s 2011-12 grain harvest the biggest ever 14,700,000 tonnes received so far, with more to come Agriculture and Food Minister Terry Redman has welcomed a record grains harvest for Western Australia. CBH Group today announced its grain recievals had reached 14.7 Million tonnes, [...]
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12 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh First-Ever Large-Scale Estuary Perch Stocking In Victoria As Lake Bolac Receives ‘Barramundi Of The South’ Victor P Taffa Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh today helped to release 7,000 estuary perch fingerlings into Lake Bolac in the first ever large-scale stocking of the fish in Victoria. Mr. Walsh said [...]
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11 January 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff Green-Labor Govt Must Be Vigilant Over Myrtle Rust Threat Victor P Taffa The discovery of the highly destructive Myrtle Rust disease in Victoria raises a number of concerns over the capability of Tasmania’s biosecurity regime, particularly in light of budget pressures, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff said. “The disease, [...]
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07 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Yarra Ranges Ban On Hail Nets Leaves Farmers Exposed Victor P Taffa Yarra Ranges Council must change its senseless policy restricting use of protective hail nets to ensure local farmers are better protected from damaging hailstorms, Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh said today. Mr. Walsh toured the [...]
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07 January 2012
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff Libs Back Calls On Hemp Victor P Taffa The Liberals today backed calls by the Tasmanian Farmers and Graziers Association to streamline bureaucratic process associated with the production of industrial hemp and urged the Labor-Green Government to be more positive and proactive towards this opportunity, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries [...]
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05 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Tough New Puppy Farm Laws Are In Force Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government’s new laws to stamp out illegal puppy farms have come into effect. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh said the laws introduced tough new penalties including massive fines for cruelty and the right to [...]
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05 January 2012
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh New Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide Now Available Victor P Taffa The 2012 Victorian Recreational Fishing Guide has been released and includes important new information about catch limits, closed seasons and permitted equipment. Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh said more than 300,000 guides had been printed to help [...]
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29 December 2011
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Walsh Announces Full Duck Season For 2012 Victor P Taffa Victorian hunters can look forward to a bumper season next year after the Victorian Coalition Government today announced a full duck and quail season. Visiting Big Reedy Lagoon State Game Reserve near Yarrawonga today, Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter [...]
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29 December 2011
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Creation Of Game Victoria Signals New Era Victor P Taffa Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh has signalled a new era for game management in Victoria by today announcing the creation of Game Victoria within the Department of Primary Industries (DPI). Mr. Walsh said the creation of Game Victoria [...]
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14 December 2011
Victoria Minister for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh Coalition Gives Certainty To Native Timber Industry Victor P Taffa The Victorian Coalition Government is moving to secure a long term future for the native timber industry by enabling VicForests to offer long term contracts of up to 20 years. Agriculture and Food Security Minister Peter Walsh today [...]
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10 December 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff Where’s The Money, Minister? Victor P Taffa In Tasmanian Irrigation Estimates yesterday, the Primary Industries Minister admitted that he has doubts about the success of rolling-out the all of the state’s planned irrigation schemes. Bryan Greens’ frank admission that “the funds allocated at the moment would not probably be enough [...]
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10 December 2011
Tasmania Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff Green-Labor Arrogance On Farmer Appointment Go-Slow Victor P Taffa During Tasmanian Irrigation Estimates yesterday, the Primary Industries Minister admitted that it could be at least another six months before a Tasmanian Irrigation director with hands-on farming experience is appointed, according to Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jeremy Rockliff. “Despite Legislation being [...]
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21 November 2011
Northern Territory Opposition Leader Terry Mills LABOR WANTS LIVE EXPORTS BANNED Victor P Taffa The Labor Party’s secret agenda to scrap live cattle exports has been exposed. Opposition Leader Terry Mills said moves by Labor to debate the phase out of live exports at next month’s national conference shows the Party’s total disregard for the ongoing and sustainable development [...]
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15 November 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Victoria Deputy Premier Peter Ryan Victoria Minister for Regional and Rural Development Peter Ryan Food Processing Forum Brings Leaders Together Victor P Taffa Leaders of Victoria’s major food processors joined Premier Ted Baillieu and senior Coalition Government ministers in Melbourne today to address key challenges facing the state’s multibillion food processing industry. In the face of both [...]
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13 November 2011
Victoria Premier Ted Baillieu Rogue Operators Of Illegal Puppy Farms To Be Shut Down Victor P Taffa The Coalition Government has sent a strong message to rogue operators of illegal puppy farms, with new legislation tabled in the Victorian Parliament this week, Premier Ted Baillieu said today. Revealing some of the toughest penalties ever, the new legislation will crack [...]
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