That leaves Agriculture Minister Keith Hamilton fighting for growers on his own. What we want to make sure is that the end result provides proper protection for the growers. That's what I guaranteed the growers at their last annual conference, and that's what we will deliver. The move towards deregulation, though, has already begun, with the ACCC granting what's called an interim authorisation. When the authorisation expires in four years, full deregulation is likely.
Growers fear they'll be vulnerable once more.
If we can't negotiate as a group, and we can only negotiate on an individual basis, we just won't have anywhere to go. Just standover tactics, just if you want to grow chickens for us for 'x' price, have a rest for a while. We'll just be sitting targets, I think. So, we need each other desperately. Transcripts on this website are created by an independent transcription service.