- Mar 13, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Central Coast Fishers in Chaos under Liberal-National Government
JENNY AITCHISON MP
LABOR SHADOW MINISTER FOR PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
LIESL TESCH MP
LABOR MEMBER FOR GOSFORD
DAVID MEHAN MP
LABOR MEMBER FOR THE ENTRANCE The NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Liberal-National Government’s recent announcements on commercial fishing as a slap in the face for the industry.
Labor Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jenny Aitchison has today visited the Central Coast with Labor MP's Liesl Tesch and David Mehan to highlight just how out o
- Mar 5, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Labor demands immediate release of Barclay Report
The NSW Labor Opposition has demanded the NSW Berejiklian Barilaro Government immediately release the independent assessment of the socio-economic impacts of the Commercial Fisheries Business Adjustment Program (the Barclay Report), which was due by the end of December 2019.
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jenny Aitchison MP has accused the Minister for Agriculture of a lack of transparency around the commercial fishing reforms and says the report must be released im
- Mar 4, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Fishers fee relief too little too late
The NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Liberal-National Government’s fee waiver for Commercial Fishing Management Fees as too little too late.
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Jenny Aitchison called on the Government over a month ago to provide the fee waiver for commercial fishers after the Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall announced that the Government would waive all Local Land Service Rates waivers for farmers.
The announcement comes nearly a week after
- Mar 3, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Commercial fishing still in chaos after four years of government intervention
The Labor Opposition has condemned the Minister for Primary Industries for continuing delays in providing certainty for commercial fishers, after the NSW Government’s disastrous Business Adjustment Program (BAP) reforms were implemented in May 2016.
Nearly four years after the start of the BAP, commercial fishers across the industry may still potentially lose more of their catch quota.
After the market process, 23 commercial fishers made 40 appeals to the Share Appeal Pan
- Feb 6, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Government turns back on commercial fishers
Ahead of a Parliamentary debate today on a petition lodged on behalf of more than 10,000 citizens in support of commercial fishers, the NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Berejiklian Government for leaving the commercial fishing interests unrepresented for months on end.
Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Jenny Aitchison MP raised serious concerns at last year’s NSW budget estimates hearings regarding the lack of representation for the industry. However, Minister for
- Feb 1, 2020
MEDIA RELEASE - Fishers desperate for a Government life buoy to stay afloat
The NSW Labor Opposition has slammed the Liberal-National Government for failing to acknowledge the crippling effect that the devastating bushfires and ongoing drought are having on those in the commercial fishing sector.
Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall recently announced that the Government will once again waive all Local Land Services (LLS) rates to provide relief for farmers but not struggling commercial fishers.
NSW Labor Shadow Minister for Primary Industries Je
- Apr 17, 2019
LABOR CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO LAUNCH INQUIRY AND HALT NEW COMMERCIAL FISHING QUOTAS
How do you take $30,000 in revenue out of a small business with the stroke of a pen? New Minister for Agriculture the Hon Adam Marshall MP is poised to do just that if he pushes ahead with the latest stage of the disastrous commercial fishing reforms instigated by his predecessor, retiring Upper House MLC, Niall Blair. The implementation of the delayed quotas will do just that, according to NSW Labor. Wauchope fishers Matt and Karen Millward invested $150,000 when they purcha