{"id":14496,"date":"2022-01-13T07:40:27","date_gmt":"2022-01-13T07:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=14496"},"modified":"2022-01-13T07:40:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T07:40:27","slug":"delivering-a-bigger-and-better-beef-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/delivering-a-bigger-and-better-beef-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Delivering a Bigger and Better Beef in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>An Albanese Labor Government would invest $6 million in Beef Australia 2024 to turbocharge the event and ensure it is bigger and better in 2024.<br \/>\nThis investment will help to expand Australia\u2019s world-class beef industry and grow the visitor economy in Rockhampton.<br \/>\nThe pandemic has made the importance of having a strong Australian agricultural sector clearer than ever.\u00a0 From skills and labour shortages to supply chain disruptions, the Morrison-Joyce Government has let the sector down.<br \/>\nEmpty supermarket shelves are demonstrating this stark reality to families across the country right now and are emphasising the importance of Australian food producers to our quality of life.<br \/>\nLabor has learned the lessons of the pandemic and is planning for a better future. We will invest in making Australia more self-reliant and self-sufficient \u2013 and that starts with ensuring our agricultural sector is thriving.<br \/>\nLabor understands just how critical the beef industry is to Central Queensland, which is why we would deliver this important new funding.<br \/>\nBeef Australia already generates more than $92 million in economic impact for the Greater Rockhampton Region and $59.5 million for Queensland.<br \/>\nThe Australian beef industry is worth more than $15 billion to the Australian economy.<br \/>\nThis expansion will benefit the local Rockhampton economy, giving more visitors the opportunity to attend Beef Australia 2024 and add further value to Australia\u2019s world-class beef industry.<br \/>\nThis commitment is particularly critical as the beef industry seeks to reengage with global export partners after COVID-19 restrictions.<br \/>\nBeef Australia is unable to expand at the current site without infrastructure investment.<br \/>\nThis funding would fix this problem, helping to:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Increase the physical footprint of the event in the city of Rockhampton,<\/li>\n<li>Invest in more infrastructure to meet growing requirements of a technology enabled event,<\/li>\n<li>Revitalise the international program to reconnect with international customers and supply chain partners.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>Only an Albanese Labor Government can be trusted to deliver for Central Queensland.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Albanese Labor Government would invest $6 million in Beef Australia 2024 to turbocharge the event and ensure it is bigger and better in 2024. This investment will help to expand Australia\u2019s world-class beef industry and grow the visitor economy in Rockhampton. The pandemic has made the importance of having a strong Australian agricultural sector &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/01\/13\/delivering-a-bigger-and-better-beef-in-2024\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Delivering a Bigger and Better Beef in 2024&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}