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WILLIAMS GIVES NOTICE OF MEAT STANDARDS BILL IN THE SENATE

The Nationals Senator for New South Wales John Williams has given notice of the introduction of a bill seeking safeguards against the risks posed by the importation of beef from countries that have had outbreaks of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease or BSE).

Senator Williams said the Food Importation (Bovine Meat Standards) Bill 2010 will be introduced into the Senate on the 9^th of March.

The bill calls for a full import risk analysis of the Federal Government’s decision to allow the importation of beef products from countries that had been BSE-affected, and that originating countries have in place traceability programs that are at least equivalent to the National Livestock Identification Scheme that we have in Australia.

Senator Williams said the Government will open Australia up to these beef imports from next Monday, with no such safeguards in place.

“Ministers Burke, Roxon and Crean have rushed to declare Australia open at the request and support of many industry bodies, but grassroots producers are totally opposed to this policy.

To date ninety-nine percent of respondents to a poll on my website have said NO to the imports, with comments like “another kick in the teeth for Australia” and “the beef industry had NLIS imposed on it at great expense but no purpose”.

It is about time the industry organisations listened to the rank and file and take their concerns to the Rudd Government to stop this mad policy”, Senator Williams said.

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#1 2010-02-25 11:37

The beef industry needs to abandon insularity and join with the wider community's call for incremental re-installation of tariffs.

Removal of tariffs had driven 90% of family farmers from the land, and at least three quarters of our manufacturers; at a total cost of three million full time jobs.

And in case skeptics argue that 6% unemployment belies such an assessment, the real level of Australian unemployment was measured at 19% in August 2007 (published Australian Independent), and we guess this will be 23% in our next three-yearly survey; possibly higher.

Moreover, a simple door to door survey of any working class or middle class neighbourhood will show that around 90% know the real situation. We recommend such a survey... take an hour of your time.

Both Government and the other major parties are destroying their own credibility by playing along with the cruel lie of low unemployment. Perhaps the Nationals should consider abandoning their compliance with the globalist agenda, which has so angered the electorate, especially in Queensland and NSW.

A political reality is that the umbrella organisation Tariff Restoration Bloc is probably the third largest political entity in Australia, and our Chronicles are read world-wide, and draw comments from internationally renowned authors and geopolitical analysts.

Yet Nationals burrow lemming-like into the detritus of Liberal and Labor-compliant politics. The obvious move at this point of Australian history is to commence discussions with political entities, such as us, who are closely aligned with popular electoral sentiment.

At the very least, send us an envoy, and we can discreetly compare notes.

Kindest regards

Tony Ryan
for
TRB
AIA
etc

#2 2010-02-25 13:17

Leaders run from BSE betrayal

http://sl.farmonline.com.au/blogs/canberra-comment/leaders-run-from-bse-betrayal/1748365.aspx?src=rss
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No BSE risk assessment on beef imports

http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/livestock/news/no-bse-risk-assessment-on-beef-imports/1747326.aspx?src=rss
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Inquiry told of mad cow concerns

http://www.countryman.com.au/article/2816.html
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Beef import decision 'risks Aussie jobs'

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/beef-import-decision-risks-aussie-jobs-20100205-nhiw.html
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Although the number of cases of vCJD (the human form of 'mad cow disease') in the UK is declining, in the absence of a screening test, the full extent of exposure is not known.

The Australian Red Cross Blood Service is monitoring progress in the development of a reliable blood screening test for vCJD. Should this deferral policy be changed for any reason, please be assured that this information will be disseminated widely. For more information click here.
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Warning...may contain traces of Mad Cow.....

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#3 2010-02-25 15:15

Protest Australians and Australian Beef Industry

#4 2010-02-25 15:16

Protect Australians and Australian beef Industry please.

#5 2010-02-25 15:21

no to the inport of meat , give our farmers a fair go mate

#6 2010-02-25 18:48

I feel that it would be a drastic step to import beef from countries that have mad cow disease as this is giving away one of our prime competitive advantages to give a semblance of a level playing field. Of course our major beef trading partners value the fact that our beef has a diease free status. I feel that we are competing with one hand tied behind our back since in all probability this controversial beef from counties that have had mad cow disease would have been fed subsidised grain to make it cost competitive.
Please help the producers, preventing the entry of beef from mad cow risk affected countries is not a trade barrier but a sensible step to ensure we are all not at risk.

#7 2010-02-25 19:34

When are politicians going to responsibly govern and look after the welfare of it's people?

Mandatory labeling laws on ALL imported foods (especially now meat) and including imported ingredients in all processed foods and with EXTREMELY high penalties for none compliance, is irresponsibly way over due.

If Governments made better decisions related to the food growing and processing industries and methods, along with supporting responsible nutritional supplementation manufacturing and promotion, instead of being controlled by and supporting only big Pharma.
In doing so, governments would markedly reduce it's heath care budgets.

Inform the people and let them decide the market.

I am happy to support these comments further with documentation relating to nutritional health as I am a Nutritional Advisor.

#8 2010-02-25 21:23

Please keep IMPORTed Meat out of Australia, once these disease are here we are all gone , and then where and how do we feed everyone in Australia, you have to think of the health risk to all Australians , do we have enough health problems without introducing any more.
PLEASE DONT THIS
Angie

#9 2010-02-26 08:15

#10 2010-02-26 09:49

Sorry, but I can't agree with most comments here. I'm a patriotic beef producer and believe the bigger picture at stake here is a free trade issue. The risk of importing a BSE diseased infected meat product is next to zero....and furthermore the risk of this meat product entering AND infecting our livestock herds is even less. The perception of this risk fair outweighs the science and the reality. The reality is that the advantages of maintaining "open trade" with our markets will bring long-term benefits of more trade, with more countries and better prices for my cattle in the future. The main reason that we have the best product and the most competitive advantage in the world is because we have been standing on our own two feet I for one will not accept welfare in the form of tariffs, subsidies, handouts OR fake trade barriers.

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