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Budget’s $371m biosecurity boost will put ‘protective ring’ around agriculture, PM says
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<blockquote data-quote="The Guardian RSS" data-source="post: 7546109" data-attributes="member: 78390"><p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/G+logo+long.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><strong>Budget’s $371m biosecurity boost will put ‘protective ring’ around agriculture, PM says</strong></p><p></p><p>Written by Sarah Martin, chief political correspondent</p><p></p><p>Measures to be announced on Tuesday come three years after Coalition’s failed attempt to introduce biosecurity levy on industry</p><p></p><p>A $371m biosecurity package that puts a “protective ring” around the agricultural sector is to be announced by the prime minister, Scott Morrison, three years after the Coalition’s failed attempt to introduce a biosecurity levy on industry.</p><p></p><p>Tuesday’s budget announcement, which includes $59m for swine flu prevention measures and $67m for a new response and surveillance program, follows calls by the National Farmers’ Federation for $417m in new spending over the next four years.</p><p></p><p>Related: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/04/pests-pathogens-and-pandemics-australias-biosecurity-needs-an-overhaul-csiro-warns" target="_blank">Pests, pathogens and pandemics: Australia's biosecurity needs an overhaul, CSIRO warns</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/04/budgets-371m-biosecurity-boost-will-put-protective-ring-around-agriculture-pm-says" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p><p></p><p><strong>Since you’re here …</strong></p><p></p><p>… we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too.</p><p></p><p>If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://support.theguardian.com/uk" target="_blank"><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Guardian RSS, post: 7546109, member: 78390"] [img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/G+logo+long.png[/img] [b]Budget’s $371m biosecurity boost will put ‘protective ring’ around agriculture, PM says[/b] Written by Sarah Martin, chief political correspondent Measures to be announced on Tuesday come three years after Coalition’s failed attempt to introduce biosecurity levy on industry A $371m biosecurity package that puts a “protective ring” around the agricultural sector is to be announced by the prime minister, Scott Morrison, three years after the Coalition’s failed attempt to introduce a biosecurity levy on industry. Tuesday’s budget announcement, which includes $59m for swine flu prevention measures and $67m for a new response and surveillance program, follows calls by the National Farmers’ Federation for $417m in new spending over the next four years. Related: [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/nov/04/pests-pathogens-and-pandemics-australias-biosecurity-needs-an-overhaul-csiro-warns']Pests, pathogens and pandemics: Australia's biosecurity needs an overhaul, CSIRO warns[/URL] [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/may/04/budgets-371m-biosecurity-boost-will-put-protective-ring-around-agriculture-pm-says']Continue reading...[/URL] [b]Since you’re here …[/b] … we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven’t put up a paywall – we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. So you can see why we need to ask for your help. The Guardian’s independent, investigative journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce. But we do it because we believe our perspective matters – because it might well be your perspective, too. If everyone who reads our reporting, who likes it, helps fund it, our future would be much more secure. Support the Guardian – it only takes a minute. Thank you. [url="https://support.theguardian.com/uk"][img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/SupportGuardian.png[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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