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Nats claim victory as ‘fresh food tax’ punted ahead of federal election

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Making our farmers pay to combat bio-hazard threats posed by imported food and fibre was never a popular idea for a tax in rural Australia.

But with the Federal Parliament having risen for probably the last time before the next election, it seems that opponents have for the moment seen the proposed tax off.

The impost was designed to tax primary producers to pay for the biosecurity measures that...


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