Coulton and NSW Farmers’ call for action on native vegetation laws
Monday, 15 March 2010
There is an urgent need for farmers throughout NSW to make a submission to the Senate Inquiry into native vegetation legislation, according to Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton.
Mr Coulton said that at a recent meeting with local representatives of the NSW Farmers’ Association it was identified that the best chance to have the draconian legislation overturned was through ... Read more...
Regional Australia suffers under draconian native vegetation laws
Wednesday, 10 March 2010
The biodiversity of regional land and the productivity of regional Australia continue to be threatened by the NSW and Queensland governments’ native vegetation legislation, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Regional Development Mark Coulton has warned.
During a speech to Parliament House last night, Mr Coulton said that in the 12 years since the governments introduced legislation... Read more...