Red Hot off the Press -Federated Farmers Media Release "Prime Minister-Elect backs farmers to save the economy"
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18 November 2008
“New Zealand farmers are global champions at food production and are at the top of the list for economic development,” said Prime Minister-Elect, John Key, to Federated Farmers National Council today in Wellington.
“Mr Key’s speech left us no room for doubt. Farmers are at the core of the new government’s plans to get our economy out of recession. It is clear he is well briefed and informed and has put to us a clear path,” said Federated Farmers president, Don Nicolson.
“Mr Key’s speech reflected the fact that he has read and digested Federated Farmers manifesto, released pre-election. Federated Farmers can confidently sit down with his new ministers after he returns from APEC. We look forward to discussing the review of the emissions trading scheme, reform of the RMA, protection of property rights, infrastructure and animal identification and tracing as well as the Federation’s other top election issues,” Mr Nicolson said.
“Currently the RMA has become skewed towards environmentalism as opposed to the environment.
“Federated Farmers welcomed Mr Key’s appointment of Tim Groser as Trade Minister and New Zealand’s negotiator on climate change. I fully agree with Mr Key that New Zealand needs to get it right in the second commitment period for Kyoto. Mr Key made it clear his government will not put New Zealand farmers out of business ‘just to get a gong from the United Nations’.
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