Issues paper: Ensuring a profitable and sustainable agriculture and food sector in Australia

This paper has been prepared to assist and encourage those interested in the future development of Australia’s agriculture and food industries to make submissions to the Agriculture and Food Policy Reference Group, established by the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, the Hon Warren Truss MP.

The review is taking place at a time when the agriculture and food industries are being squeezed in many regions by continuing drought, a difficult international trading environment, increasing constraints on access to natural resources, and differences in economic performance (such as strongly rising non-agricultural commodity prices and several years of sharply rising housing asset prices).

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