{"id":1835,"date":"2019-03-11T13:15:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=1835"},"modified":"2019-03-11T13:15:06","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:15:06","slug":"labor-acts-fair-go-for-fresh-food-and-dairy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/11\/labor-acts-fair-go-for-fresh-food-and-dairy\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor acts: fair go for fresh food and dairy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"page-content\">\nA Daley Labor Government elected in March will stamp out unfair practices in fresh food and dairy to give farmers and producers a fair go.<br \/>\nA Daley Labor Government elected in March will stamp out unfair practices in fresh food and dairy to give farmers and producers a fair go.<br \/>\nDaley Labor\u2019s announcement comes in response to two parliamentary inquiries and calls by organisations such as Dairy Connect and NSW Farmers who have cited the supermarket \u201cmilk wars\u201d and other unsustainable and unfair practices that have plunged the industry into crisis.<br \/>\nNSW Labor Leader Michael Daley would compel the negotiation of fair and sustainable prices, name and shame businesses that engage in unfair practices, ensure workers are not exploited and open the supply chain to transparency.<br \/>\nThe Berejiklian Government has failed to protect dairy farmers and fresh food producers who have been pushed to wall by big businesses with too much market power.<br \/>\nMr Daley said he believes in a local, productive farming industry and understands the benefits of locally grown produce for local jobs, the environment and community health.<br \/>\n\u201cThe Berejiklian Government is splurging $2.2 billion on stadiums and sitting on its hands while our fresh food producers and dairy farmers get a raw deal. It is more evidence the Liberals and Nationals in NSW have put big business and powerful interests first.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cI will lead a Labor Government that puts everyday people first. That\u2019s why helping struggling dairy farmers and fresh food producers is a no-brainer. It\u2019s about restoring balance and giving farmers, farm workers and consumers a fair go.\u201d<br \/>\nDaley Labor would achieve this by establishing a powerful Dairy and Fresh Food Pricing Advocate with a dedicated unit to investigate and report on contracts and prices across the dairy and fresh food supply chain.The Advocate would also work on recommendations stemming from recent Parliamentary inquiries, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>work with Commonwealth and industry bodies to ensure that the Mandatory Code of Conduct is implemented as a matter of urgency,<\/li>\n<li>investigate ways to provide better access to the Farm Innovation Fund, and<\/li>\n<li>work with universities to find opportunities for collaboration and research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Advocate would also identify other areas in the primary industries sector where there is market abuse and unfair contractual arrangements.<br \/>\n\u201cOur farmers are already doing it tough with the devastating effects of this drought,\u201d Mr Daley said.<br \/>\nA NSW Parliamentary inquiry into the dairy industry has heard current farm-gate price for milk is not covering production costs.<br \/>\nNSW Labor Leader Michael Daley said the Advocate would also work with the sector to find opportunities for collective or co-operative arrangements between producers, processors, wholesalers and big retailers.<br \/>\n\u201cThe drought has put more pressure on farmers than ever, especially dairy and fresh food farmers. Electricity prices are through the roof, and fodder is getting more expensive and harder to find,\u201d Shadow Minister for Primary Industry Mick Veitch said.<br \/>\n\u201cYet farmers have limited bargaining power in the market and the more perishable the product, the less bargaining power you have.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cDaley Labor will give farmers, producers and workers in fresh food and dairy a fair go.\u201d<br \/>\nThe unit\u2019s first task would be to engage with all stakeholders to determine priorities, legislative requirements and resourcing beyond the next financial year.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"page-tags\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Daley Labor Government elected in March will stamp out unfair practices in fresh food and dairy to give farmers and producers a fair go. A Daley Labor Government elected in March will stamp out unfair practices in fresh food and dairy to give farmers and producers a fair go. Daley Labor\u2019s announcement comes in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/03\/11\/labor-acts-fair-go-for-fresh-food-and-dairy\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor acts: fair go for fresh food and dairy&#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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835","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=1835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1835\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}