❓ Dr. Jacobs asks the Premier about drought relief for WA farmers and the possibility of underwriting bank advances. The Premier declines to underwrite crops, highlighting existing federal-state agreements and long-term challenges.
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FARMERS - DROUGHT RELIEF
Since 2001, the federal government has provided $2 billion for drought relief in Western Australia, but even this huge amount has not been enough for those farmers who have had two consecutive crop failures due to drought. (1) Is the Premier aware that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Western Australian farmers will soon walk off their farms because their relief package is for sustenance only and they cannot get funding from banks to help them plant a crop in 2008? (2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
Since 2001, the federal government has provided $2 billion for drought relief in Western Australia, but even this huge amount has not been enough for those farmers who have had two consecutive crop failures due to drought. (1) Is the Premier aware that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Western Australian farmers will soon walk off their farms because their relief package is for sustenance only and they cannot get funding from banks to help them plant a crop in 2008? (2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(1) Is the Premier aware that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Western Australian farmers will soon walk off their farms because their relief package is for sustenance only and they cannot get funding from banks to help them plant a crop in 2008? (2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(1) Is the Premier aware that between 10 per cent and 20 per cent of Western Australian farmers will soon walk off their farms because their relief package is for sustenance only and they cannot get funding from banks to help them plant a crop in 2008? (2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(2) Does the Premier concede that Western Australia cannot afford to lose the human and industry capital and the resultant economic bounty provided by these farmers in drought-stricken areas? (3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(3) Will the government consider underwriting a bank advance to farmers who qualify so that those producers can plant a crop in 2008? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
I thank the member for Roe for the question. Before I answer it, I take this opportunity, if I am given the indulgence, of reporting to the house that last night I attended the Model of the Year competition in Forrest Place, and it was wonderful. I saw the Western Australian fashion industry at its best. I pass on my congratulations to the two categories winners, Shanay Hall, who won the Model of the Year award for Western Australia, and the hot new talent, Skye Stracke. They are two beautiful young ladies who are embarking on a magnificent career. I wish them well. (1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
(1)-(3) The state will not consider underwriting the crops, and I doubt whether the member for Roe would either. A federal-state agreement on the provision of assistance for farmers for exceptional circumstances has been in place for some time. I am unaware of the specific number of Western Australian farmers who either are or have been in receipt of assistance or who are eligible for assistance, but there is an agreed process by which that assistance is allocated. The Western Australian farming community is aware of it. I am sure that those who are eligible are both willing to access and looking forward to accessing some of the assistance. Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr M.W. Trenorden : Will you take an interjection? Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : The member for Avon would not know a farm if he fell over one. The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
The change in climate in Western Australia is presenting some long-term challenges for the farming industry, particularly in the marginal wheat and sheep growing areas. The farming community is very well aware of those challenges and is looking for alternative methods to allow it to remain viable. The industry is working with the Minister for Agriculture and Food in the upper house, Kim Chance, at ways of providing - Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr T.R. Sprigg : He wouldn’t know a farm if he fell over one either! Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER : What was that? The member for Murdoch is very well informed! The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
The Minister for Agriculture and Food is working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to find ways of providing long-term viability for the farmers who have experienced difficulties in recent years.
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