Reports of government's Reef regs rethink greatly exaggerated

Despite the clear signal from farmers and the wider Queensland community that the current reef regulations are not welcome and will not work (unless the intention of the legislation is to send more Queensland graziers and grain growers to the wall), it appears that the government is set to proceed on its present course. That appears the case given Environment and Science Minister Leeanne Enoch's "WTF. Not true" Tweet in response to our column last week.

AgForce has felt the growing tide of frustration and even anger from members, industry and community, at the seeming indifference portrayed by the state government to an industry that contributes so much to the economic, social, biodiversity and environmental outcomes, and rightly so. Agriculture and food industries provide Queensland with A$19.45b in gross value of production, of which A$9.3b comes from livestock and A$4.7b from cropping, cereals, grains, fibre and sugarcane. The industry directly employs 63,000 people and a further 50,900 in processing.

Read more: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/6379383/reports-of-govt-reef-regs-rethink-exaggerated/