Coalition pledges cheap farm loans and water market review

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Fair water trading and cheap on-farm loans are at the centre of a Coalition pre-election promise to boost Australia's agriculture sector.

Coalition makes pre-election commitment to boost farm sector with cheap loans of up to $2 million for first-time farmers

The pre-election commitment includes $3.5 million for farm safety education, new concessional loans of up to $2 million for first-time farmers, and up to $500 million worth of cheap loans for those prepared to"unlock the forestry industry".Key stories, analysis, Antony Green's election guides, Vote Compass, videos and more.

A government spokeswoman said the ACCC would also consider calls for greater transparency about how the water market operates. "On our watch the value of production in primary industries is up 25 per cent and the value of exports is up 29 per cent to $53 billion," he said.

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Water market review to see where the water they stole went? Seems like a sensible use of our tax $ ? ! Will Barnaby head up this ‘review’ ?

Looks like the Liberals have been reading your opinion pieces PeteMailler 😏🤣 AustDems

Hold on a second...for a moment there I thought were making a relatively positive commentary on the Coalition. Maybe Light at the end of the Tunnel!

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