Ahead of the 2020 State Election , the Queensland Horticulture Council ( QHC ) has today launched its roadmap for horticulture and action design to reinvigorate rural and regional Queensland – A Green Spring in Queensland .
Growcom Manager , Policy & Advocacy Richard Shannon said A Green Spring in Queensland was the launch pad from which horticulture will propel itself to even bully farseeing - term sustainability and profitability .
“ Ensuring Queensland has a thriving and well-fixed gardening industry is of vital importance – not just to the regional community that bank on agriculture to go , but to all Queenslanders who require high - quality , nutritious nutrient to hold a goodly life style , ” Mr Shannon said .
“ As an industry we are incredibly effective at flex Energy Department , water and sunlight into alimentary produce , employment opportunities and increased regional wealth . That is why we are asking all political parties this election to let the handbrake off gardening . ”
Among the consignment industry is seeking is a raw business deal with the next Queensland Government .
“ For an industry with so much hope here in Queensland , we miss a visual sensation of where we desire to be and a design of action to get us there . There are state - wide strategy in place for the charter sportfishing and trade brewing industries , but not for product gardening , ” Mr Shannon said . We necessitate a nidus on gardening within politics , clear lines of province and we necessitate to empower the correct people to take legal action . That is why a core commitment the Council expect of the next Government is to convoke a summit of leaders in Queensland gardening to set up a new imaginativeness for our manufacture within the first 100 days of the election . ”
A green outflow in Queensland also admit asking for the next Queensland Government to commit to improved body of water and energy affordability , and to investment in drought and climate go-ahead , sustainability , innovation , skills and training , biosecurity , transportation , and export market developing .
“ There is a direct relationship between lour the price of our input , like power and pee , over which the Queensland Government savour a approximate monopoly , and the amount of produce we can deliver , the local communities we can support , and the number of Queenslanders we can utilize , ” Mr Shannon said .
“ For too long , Queensland Governments of all colours have treat their pricing of piddle and electricity as a mean of indirect tax . We need a new deal with the next Government , one that recognises the vast contribution we can make to the State ’s economy . "
The QHC is calling on all prospective politicians and their parties to consider the need of the gardening industry in the steer - up to the State election .
“ political leader can no longer afford to overlook these yield that will support the continued growth and development of the gardening industry in the years ahead , ” Mr Shannon said .
For more information : GrowcomPrimary Producers HouseLevel 3 , 183 North QuayBrisbane Qld 4000PO Box 202Fortitude Valley Qld 4006p : 07 3620 3844f : 07 3620 3880[email protected]www.growcom.com.au
