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State Governments should give farmers rate relief
MINISTER for Agri- culture David Little- proud has written to all State Premiers and Territory Chief Min- isters asking them to relieve farmers and drought-affected small businesses of council rates.
Minister Littleproud has also asked that drought-affected farm- ers paying leasehold to state governments be forgiven those pay- ments.
“One of the things farmers constantly raise with me is wheth- er the state govern- ment can relieve them of their rates,” Minis- ter Littleproud said.
“This would provide immediate, practical
relief to communities hurting from drought.
“Rates are often a huge expense for farm- ers, and with no in- come coming in, pay- ing them can be very hard.
“State Governments should pay the rates on behalf of farmers and small businesses to lo- cal councils, who are also struggling with drought.
“The Federal Gov- ernment is investing $7 billion into drought all up and it’s time the states helped farmers with rates.
“Farmers produce the food we eat and we need to help them through tough times.”
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Australian Eggs weighs in on US study linking eggs with increased heart disease risk
IN response to a new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association re- cently and the associated media coverage that has appeared both globally and locally, Australian Eggs urges caution in how the study findings should be interpreted by Australian consumers.
“While the research pub- lished in JAMA showed a link between egg consump- tion and a small absolute increase in the likelihood of cardiovascular disease event risk (1.1 percent) in adults in the US, it is important to note that the study was observational only,” Sydney-based gen- eral practitioner Dr Ginni Mansberg said.
“This means the re- searchers are looking for certain patterns in the study population but
can’t demonstrate specific cause and effect.
“As such, no clear con- clusions can be drawn from looking at this sin- gle piece of research in isolation.”
Findings from other re- search in this area, which include populations out- side the US, do not indi- cate a clear link between egg intake and cardiovas- cular disease risk.
Furthermore, some ob- servational studies have actually suggested the op- posite, with a recent study of half a million Chinese adults finding egg intake was associated with a low- er risk of CVD.
The authors of the new US study (Zhong et al, 2019) themselves point out that applying the re- sults of their work to non- US populations requires caution due to the differ-
ent food environment and disease patterns unique to the American population.
Importantly, Austral- ia’s peak health bodies, including the National Health and Medical Re- search Council and the Heart Foundation of Aus- tralia, have confirmed eating eggs daily is not as- sociated with an increased risk of heart disease.
“Though this latest study provides some inter- esting insights and results, it is important that we, as healthcare professionals, are able to set the record straight,” Dr Mansberg said.
“Eggs are a nutrient- dense whole food and should be consumed as part of a healthy, balanced diet consistent with the recommendations out- lined in the Australian Dietary Guidelines.”
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