SINGLE-desk marketing of wheat is not dead.
Of the three independents holding the balance of power in the Federal Parliament, two Messrs Windsor and Katter have strong records of defence of orderly marketing.
Mr Windsor was probably the most effective promoter of the single desk in the parliament.
His record of promoting rural Australia is beyond dispute.
Wilson Tuckey of WA, an opponent of the single desk, lost his seat and is replaced by a National.
The strong independent vote in the wheat belt is an indicator of the strong support for the single desk.
The farmers who have publicly displayed their support for the single desk have been vindicated and they now have friends in a place where they can put the single desk back on the national agenda.
— KEVIN O’NEILL,
Tocumwal
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