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David Littleproud criticised Labor's Agriculture Roundtable as lacking transparency, outcomes, and solutions to boost productivityDavid Littleproud slammed Labor's secretive Agriculture Roundtable, citing no transparency, outcomes, or real solutions, urging policy changes to boost productivity, ease farmer burdens, and drop the super tax plan. By news@gippsland - 12th August 2025 - Back to News Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud said Labor's Agriculture Roundtable today was shrouded in secrecy, with the invite list, the agenda and the outcomes not publicly available. Mr Littleproud said Agriculture Minister Julie Collins was clearly hiding details of the meeting, in what appeared to be another box ticking exercise for Labor. 
David Littleproud called Labor's agriculture roundtable disingenuous, lacking outcomes, benefiting US beef imports over Australian farmers, and serving political interests No real outcomesMr Littleproud said, "Labor's agriculture roundtable today is disingenuous, without any outcomes, just a statement of platitudes from the Minister about how important agriculture is. The roundtable is supposed to be about increasing productivity, but the only productivity that has been given in agriculture since the election has been to US beef producers, and making it easier for them to import their beef into Australia, so Prime Minister Anthony Albanese can obtain a meeting with US President Donald Trump." "If Labor really wants to protect and help our farmers, they should be proudly releasing their agenda and their outcomes and be transparent about the process. But Labor doesn't want accountability because it knows their policies are hurting the agriculture sector. They have done nothing for productivity in agriculture and they know it.," Mr Littleproud said. Farmers want actionMr Littleproud added he would have been prepared to work in a bipartisan way with Labor at the roundtable, but wasn't invited as Shadow Agriculture Minister. "Productivity is going backwards. Farmers are struggling and selling their farms, and when supply goes down, prices go up. The best Labor could offer today was 'constructive discussions', which means no goals, no outcomes and no opportunity. Farmers don't want another talkfest, they want policies that will actually help productivity." Mr Littleproud added Labor must drop its plan to tax farms held in self-managed superannuation funds worth more than $3 million, while also reducing green and red tape, and stopping farmers from being forced to bear the burden of Labor's ideology and reckless race to renewables. Pictures from David Littleproud MP Facebook page.
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