Speak Up CampaignMay 263 minProducers want extensive consultationFood and fibre producers in southern NSW and northern Victoria want extensive consultation with new federal Water Minister Keith Pitt. Following a webinar ad...
Speak Up CampaignMay 203 minGrowing calls to disband MDBACalls to disband the Murrary-Darling Basin Authority are mounting, especially in Liberal and National Party circles. Last week the federal Member for Nicholl...
Speak Up CampaignMay 202 minSupporting Perin’s call for ‘a line in the sand’NSW Nationals’ Senator Perin Davey has been described as “possibly the last hope” for achieving balanced water policy that support the region’s food producer...
Speak Up CampaignMay 142 minCritical freshwater assumptions ‘ignored’Critical assumptions regarding the history of the Lower Lakes have been “conveniently ignored”, according to Chair of Murrumbidgee Industry and Agriculture C...
Speak Up CampaignMay 122 minTime to appreciate the value of southern farmersRebuilding trust will be a key plank of a new organisation representing 13 food producer groups and their communities across three southern states. Murrumbid...
Speak Up CampaignMay 112 minStop bickering and find solutionsFor several years we have been asking politicians to stop playing their silly games with people’s livelihoods, but they refuse to listen, says Speak Up Campa...
Speak Up CampaignMay 53 minNationals should demand an allocationFarmers in southern NSW believe bureaucrats are unnecessarily “playing with livelihoods”. Their increased concerns follow a bizarre decision by the NSW Gover...
Speak Up CampaignApr 263 min‘Step up’ call to State politiciansPoliticians have been asked to ‘step up to the plate’ and help stressed farmers who are battling a ‘risk averse’ bureaucracy that lacks understanding and emp...
Speak Up CampaignApr 213 minJoint Statement - Keelty ReviewThe Keelty Review can best be described as a waste of taxpayers’ money that must be embarrassing for our Federal Government. Concern was recently expressed t...
Speak Up CampaignApr 213 minMDBA has had its day, say farmersFarming groups across southern New South Wales and northern Victoria have launched their strongest ever attack on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. They ha...
Speak Up CampaignApr 162 minTime to draw a line in the sandOur most efficient and productive agricultural systems have been compromised due to political games, but it’s time to draw a line in the sand. The community ...
Speak Up CampaignApr 123 minLearn lessons forfuture generationsThe coronavirus pandemic is highlighting the need for Australia to reconsider its reliance on other countries, especially China. While the pandemic is having...
Speak Up CampaignApr 64 minBullying claims another government distractionAccusations of bullying in the divisive water debate are nothing more than “a diversion tactic”, according to the Speak Up Campaign. And its chair Shelley Sc...
Speak Up CampaignApr 42 minHow much food can we really produce?How accurate are claims that Australian farmers can produce enough food for 75 million people?
Speak Up CampaignFeb 121 minTHE POWER OF WATER - WHERE WATER FLOWS, FOOD GROWSWater is a precious resource, our farmers are efficient and innovative users of water for productive and environmental needs.
Speak Up CampaignFeb 121 minSUPPORTING WIDLIFEAgricultural landscapes provide an excellent food source for our native wildlife.
Speak Up CampaignFeb 121 minDAIRY IMPACTS - ZERO ALLOCATIONDairy Farmer Lachlan Marshall explains why his family moved to the Murray Valley to set up a state of the art dairy farm, and why poor water policy is causin...
