Jump to full article: The Border Mail (au), 2010-01-19
Author: ZUVELE LESCHEN, Labor candidate for Indi
Intro: YOUR editorial "Package has wrong focus" (The Border Mail, January 14) outlines actions taken by the member for Indi for a few favoured tobacco growers and then asks "What could she have done differently?"
Firstly, she could have ensured that the tobacco buy-out package was structured properly. If it had been, these growers would not have had to seek her help afterwards.
If she didn't realise that the package might create this situation when she presented it to the tobacco growers (and she should have, because this was pointed out to her), once she realised that this flaw existed, she should have lobbied to have the package reviewed. . . .
The important issue is why Mrs Mirabella gave these growers special treatment while apparently ignoring others in the same boat.
Her role should have been to support all growers who found themselves disadvantaged by the package, not a selected few.
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