Member

The Government rushed out their original proposal with little understanding of its real-world impact on the sector. The 14 months of personal anxiety and business uncertainty will have lasting impacts on many and have hugely eroded trust in this Government. It should not have taken 14 months of anxiety, anger and protest to make the Government see sense. The farming community immediately warned what a detrimental impact the tax would have on rural communities, and the Government should have listened to them earlier.