Open letter to Leaders of the State Based Farming Organizations.
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I’m writing to you as President’s, Chairperson’s, executives and members of commodity councils and Farming organizations, about a matter of the gravest importance and Urgency.
In just 16 days time the Federal Parliament with sit again. The Rudd Government will be presenting it’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme legislation for passage through the Senate into Law.
The very survival of the Australian farm industry and our rural communities depends on the Senate blocking this legislation in its current form.
Two very important and significant things have happened over the past 48 hours.
1. The Climate Sceptics Party have announced that they are Coordinating a rally of Australians against the governments Emissions Trading Scheme to be held on the front lawn at Parliament House Canberra on the 13th of August . This is the first day back from the Parliaments 6 week winter recess and is the day that the ETS will be introduced into the Senate.
2. Yesterday Senator Barnaby Joyce launched his Agmates Group site. He has published an excellent post in his groups topics showing among other things that this legislation will wipe out Australian farmers and massively increase the cost of food to every Australian consumer. Click on linked headline below to read it.
GET TO KNOW YOUR ETS, TAKE IT OUT TO DINNER
Senator Joyce is urging every farmer in Australia to be at the rally at which he is a speaker.
Senator Joyce says that we must put 1,000′s of people on the lawn to show the politicians, and mainstream media that we will not accept this new tax that will bring no benefit to the environment, but put 100,000′s out of work and cripple our farm industry.
I’ve spoken to the President of the Climate Sceptics Leon Ashby and he has agreed that we can invite farm organizations to march in the Rally under their own banner. The rally is for all Australians, be they from mining, industry, farming , workers and everybody adversely affected by this flawed legislation.
We are urging the leaders all the commodity councils and farming organizations to rally their members and March on Canberra. We expect you to lead your members to Canberra.
So now your challenge.
We are calling on each organization to hit the phones, email whatever and firstly explain that this is the most important issue to farmers (them) in our lifetime. We want you to rally as many members as you possibly can to attend and get them to rally their friends.
No time to lose. We have just 16 days to save our industry. Once the legislation is passed its to late.
Yours in anticipation
Steve Truman
Agmates Founder
