❓ Hon Paddy Embry questions the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries regarding the consolidation of the Mt Barker Research Station, potential staff impacts, and recognition for landcare achievements. The Minister confirms the proposed land sales, guarantees continued employment with potential relocation, and acknowledges the award-winning raised bed technology.
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(1) I have been advised that the Mt Barker Research Station is to be consolidated. The block at Denmark is to be sold, and the 200 hectares on the western edge of the main research station is to be dispensed with. The Manurup block is also for sale. Can the minister confirm this sale? (2) Will the minister guarantee that all the staff at the Mt Barker Research Station will remain employed and retain their full entitlements? (3) Is the minister aware that the BHP-Billiton Landcare Research Award in Western Australia was recently awarded to the Mt Barker Research Station for its extensive achievements on the raised bed land care method? Hon KIM CHANCE
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Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(2) Will the minister guarantee that all the staff at the Mt Barker Research Station will remain employed and retain their full entitlements? (3) Is the minister aware that the BHP-Billiton Landcare Research Award in Western Australia was recently awarded to the Mt Barker Research Station for its extensive achievements on the raised bed land care method? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(3) Is the minister aware that the BHP-Billiton Landcare Research Award in Western Australia was recently awarded to the Mt Barker Research Station for its extensive achievements on the raised bed land care method? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(2) Will the minister guarantee that all the staff at the Mt Barker Research Station will remain employed and retain their full entitlements? (3) Is the minister aware that the BHP-Billiton Landcare Research Award in Western Australia was recently awarded to the Mt Barker Research Station for its extensive achievements on the raised bed land care method? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(3) Is the minister aware that the BHP-Billiton Landcare Research Award in Western Australia was recently awarded to the Mt Barker Research Station for its extensive achievements on the raised bed land care method? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Did the member advise that some notice had been given? Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon Paddy Embry: I meant to. Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
Hon KIM CHANCE: I advise that I do not have an answer with me. However, I will answer the question as best I can. (1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(1) Yes, the Government has before it a proposition for the sale of the Manurup block that the member mentioned, and also for the sale of the west block and the Denmark block. This would leave the home block of the Mt Barker Research Station, which, if my memory serves me correctly, is an area of some 664 hectares. (2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(2) Yes, the persons employed on the block will remain employed, although much of the work that needs to be done by technical officers, in particular, in that area will need to be based from Jerramungup; so in some cases there will be a change in location. However, all entitlements, and all employment, where that employment is still desired, will be continued. (3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
(3) I am aware of the BHP-Billiton award. I am specifically aware of the very good work that has been carried out in respect of the raised bed technology, which is a technology that we have also exported to some extent. That work can continue on the 664 hectare home block, and that is certainly something that we want to continue with. I hope that one of the outcomes of the rationalisation of the Mt Barker facility is that we will be able to do far more in respect of soil fertility technology and engineering technology such as the raised bed system. It is my commitment to the people of the southern agricultural region that they will not lose anything as a result of the sale of that property. However, it needs to be considered that a vast area of the Plantagenet shire is now no longer agricultural in the traditional sense, and much of it is under blue gums and vineyards. As such, we had to reassess the potential value of the very large asset we held in traditional farmland in Mt Barker.
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