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A RE-ELECTED Mor- rison Government will introduce a new offence designed specifically to protect farmers and pri- mary producers from the unlawful actions of ani- mal activists.
“We have seen with Aus- sie Farms the malicious use of personal information, including farmers’ names, addresses and workplaces, designed specifically to en- courage others to trespass on properties and damage businesses,” the Attorney- General said.
“This is not acceptable and the Morrison Govern- ment will, if re-elected, introduce a new crimi- nal offence specifically designed to protect Aus- tralian farmers from the sort of vigilante action we have seen recently.
“Penalties of up to 12 months’ imprisonment will apply to individuals who use a carriage ser- vice, such as the internet, to disclose personal infor- mation with the intention that another person would use that information to trespass on agricultural land.
“The law would also ap- ply to other primary pro- ducers such as abattoirs.”
The Attorney-General said the new laws would include appropriate ex- emptions for bona-fide journalists and for situa- tions where the informa- tion being released shows a law being broken, such as whistle-blowing on ani- mal cruelty.
The new criminal of- fence and penalties build on other actions taken by the Morrison Government against vigilante animal activists, including pre-
scribing Aussie Farms under the Privacy Act, meaning the organisation could face fines of up to $2.1 million for breach- es of the Act and asking states and territories to consider their own tres- pass laws.
Minister for Agriculture David Littleproud said farming families deserved protection.
“I’ve been fighting this Aussie Farms attack map for activists for months and this is a great day,” Minister Littleproud said.
“If you use the personal information of our family farmers to incite trespass, then you deserve to go to jail.
“Farming families grow our food and there are children on these farms.
“Now states must beef up farm trespass laws – if 100 of my mates stormed a house in Sydney we’d expect to be locked up and farmers deserve the same protection.
“The Morrison Govern- ment will always protect farmers while ensuring those who mistreat their animals face appropriate action.”

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Police were called to Carey Bros Abattoir at Yangan around 3.30am during a day of protesting, with reports around 20 protestors had unlawfully entered the facility. Photo: @GreenShirtsQLD
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Farm safety gains traction but improvements needed
TRACTORS and quad bikes remain the leading causes of injury on Aus- tralian farms but deaths from both vehicles have declined significantly since 2017, according to new research.
The AgriFutures Aus- tralia-funded work shows fatal accidents caused by tractors fell from 13 to nine and deaths involving quads fell from 11 to six in the 12 months from 2017 to 2018.
AgriFutures Australia managing director John Harvey said the number of farming-related deaths remains alarming.
“While some progress has been made in specific areas, the overall numbers are telling us more still needs to be done,” Mr Harvey said.
AgriFutures funds re- search into enhancing farm health and safety under its National Rural Issues Program and is lead agency for the newly formed RDC-funded Ru- ral Safety and Health Al- liance.
“We know the impact of accidents across Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry industries is sig- nificant,” Mr Harvey said.
“Australia’s RDCs have a renewed focus on re- shaping, refocusing and regrouping to address the issue,” Mr Harvey said.
“The RSHA will clarify research, development and extension priorities based on risk, provide stronger accountability for funders and funding recipients to deliver a re- turn on investment, sup-
port practical extension, and underpin clear and visible leadership across the agricultural sector.”
The report, Non-inten- tional Farm Related In- cidents in Australia, was developed using data col- lected by AgHealth Aus- tralia’s National Farm In- jury Coronial Database, based at the University of Sydney.
RSHA Chair Patrick Murphy pointed out that while there is a huge so- cial cost associated with fatal on-farm injuries, there is also a significant economic impact which is estimated to run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Mr Murphy said the cost includes factors such as loss of earnings, insur- ance payouts, work cover and police investigations, coronial costs, premature funeral costs, ambulance and hospital expenditure and loss of household con- tributions.
“While the figures are clearly shocking and the number of deaths in the sector needs to be ur- gently addressed, this re-
search gives us a clear understanding of where the trouble spots are,” Mr Murphy said.
The research shows nearly 90 percent of farm- related accidents since 2001 involved males, with close to 50 percent of all reported accidents involv- ing men over 50 years.
Tractors, quads, motor- bikes and horses account- ed for almost half of all farm accidents.
“Equally concerning is that nearly 15 percent of deaths involved children under 15 years and farm vehicles including cars, motorbikes and utilities were the leading cause of these fatal accidents,” Mr Murphy said.
Mr Harvey said the RSHA is working together to connect individuals and committed organisations to improve safety across Australia’s agricultural, fisheries and forestry in- dustries.
“I encourage people to visit the RSHA website and register to keep up to date with progress on this important issue,” he said.
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