Well what do you know, AgForce is shocked that it has been outflanked by the Greens and their pre-election preference deal with the Labor party.
Here is AgForces latest press release.
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Preference deals that lead to restrictions on farming are ill-advised at this time of global downturn when agriculture is the one bright spots on Queensland’s economic horizon, said AgForce acting chief executive officer Andrew Freeman.
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Wow that’s a revelation Andrew. Why is it that you political novices at AgForce just don’t get it.
Agmates flagged this would happen see here.
Agmates also told you that your strategy of ignoring the issue (against the wishes of your members) in the lead up to the election was a disastrous strategy, see here.
Apparently Andrew thought AgForce had a deal with Anna Bligh.
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The Labor Party’s announcement yesterday of a three-month moratorium on endangered regrowth clearing is of grave concern to AgForce, which had earlier received a commitment from Premier Anna Bligh that there would be no changes to vegetation management laws before she talked with farmers.
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Oh dear Andrew, everybody in the real world except you and John Cotter could see that the deal was on. The Greens set it up and your organization fell for it ‘hook, line and sinker’. Screaming about it now is really quiet pathetic.
In fact as Agmates pointed out this election campaign has graphically demonstrated the dangers of having naive political amateurs like you and John Cotter representing them. See here.
Agmates and indeed your own members were demanding that AgForce ‘get on the front foot’ on this issue at the start of the campaign, but your President John Cotter and your executive decided that ‘keeping mum’ on the issue during the campaign was the ‘best’ approach.
Well Andrew, disastrously you were wrong and look at the price your members and Queensland farmers will now pay.
You know Andrew and John, here is a novel idea for you to consider for the future, why not try listening to your members from time to time.
Oh that is if you have many members left after this debacle.
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Have Your Say.
March 17, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Yes BloodyhellTim!! Seems I remember those words!! “divide and conquer”, if the farming bodies are not united they will get picked off one at a time!!
Deborah
March 17, 2009 at 2:30 pm
It would appear that gentlemen’s agreements are only valid when both are gentlemen. It doesn’t matter what party, they both operate the same way when they need to.
This again highlights the folly of having divided farmer’s representation. Any government only has to pick either QFF or AgForce to support & they effectively neuter both of them. Its easy to divide & conquer when we have already done the dividing for them!
Unfortunately there are too many egoes in the way of effective farmer representation in QLD currently & we can continue to expect a flogging from the government, whichever party gets in.