Opinion

Donato: It's time to get real on subsidies

By Philip Donato Mp, Member for Orange
Updated September 6 2019 - 9:07am, first published 6:00am
'WE WILL FIGHT THIS': Member for Orange Phil Donato continues to pledge his support to the community of Parkes and its maternity service.
'WE WILL FIGHT THIS': Member for Orange Phil Donato continues to pledge his support to the community of Parkes and its maternity service.

Time to Get Real

I've received some concerning feedback from farmers in the region who say that their freight subsidies - which were designed to alleviate pressure on farmers in a timely manner - are now taking eight to ten weeks to come through, whereas when the subsidies were first introduced they were cleared in two to three weeks.

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