Biosecurity levy gets a big thumbs down from the VFF 

DETECTOR dogs are just one of the biosecurity programs the new protection levy is expected to fund, but the VFF has said the levy is “unworkable” and “is a fundamentally unfair tax that will needlessly increase the cost of farming”. Photo: SUPPLIED.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has spoken out against the Federal Government’s proposed biosecurity protection levy, labelling it as a new tax on food and fibre.

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