Daily Archives: 14 Feb, 2024

Treating our farmers with contempt – Labor keeps live sheep export report secret

Labor continues to leave live sheep farmers in the dark by refusing to release details of its Independent Panel Report into the consequences of phasing out the live sheep export trade. Nationals Leader David Littleproud said Agriculture Minister Murray Watt was treating Australian farmers with contempt by hiding the report in Cabinet, despite previously committing…

Victoria’s power crisis reaffirms need for National Energy Summit and nuclear discussion

Nationals Leader David Littleproud said Victoria’s power crisis, which left more than half a million people blacked out after six transmission towers near Geelong toppled to the ground in wild weather, proves the need for a National Energy Summit and a broader discussion on nuclear power. Mr Littleproud said the broken transmission towers were a…