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The recent ‘I Buy Branded Milk’ campaign has shown consumers are willing to pay a little extra to support dairy farmers … a new bill would let consumers know if farmers are being paid a fair price<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Queensland MP Shane Knuth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 13, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Queensland consumers could soon be able to check their milk bottle to see if the farmer who produced it was paid a fair price.<\/p>\n

Katter’s Australian Party MP Shane Knuth will table a private members bill in the Queensland Parliament on Thursday which would set up a series of region-specific labels to indicate a fair price has been paid.<\/p>\n

Mr Knuth says the scheme will make it simple for consumers to support farmers by buying milk which has been paid for at a reasonable rate.<\/p>\n

“This will make it very simple for the consumer,” he said.<\/p>\n

“They can walk into the shop and immediately see which fresh milk produced in which region is fairly priced by looking at the logo.”<\/p>\n

Because production costs vary across Queensland, the Bill identifies three dairy regions – north Queensland, central Queensland and south-east Queensland – and each would have their own logo and cost structure.<\/p>\n

The labelling scheme would be voluntary, but Mr Knuth says he believes the scheme will see the supermarket chains come on board.<\/p>\n

“Consumers have spoken already, that they want to look after our dairy industry,” he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Knuth submitted a similar bill to parliament in 2013 under the previous Liberal National Party government, but it was defeated.<\/p>\n

He believed public and political sentiment now appeared to be on the side of the farmers.<\/p>\n

“Back in 2000 there were 1500 dairy farmers, now there are 430,” he said.<\/p>\n

“That’s an average of one dairy farmer a week leaving the industry.”<\/p>\n

The bill is supported by the Queensland Dairyfarmers\u2019 Organisation (QDO).<\/strong><\/p>\n

QDO president Brian Tessmann commended Shane Knuth and the Katter\u2019s Australian Party for supporting Queensland dairy farmers with the Bill.<\/p>\n

“Any legislation that empowers consumers to make an informed fair choice at the supermarket is a good for our farmers,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Through the recent \u2018I Buy Branded Milk\u2019 campaign, we have seen that consumers want to support Queensland dairy farmers and this Bill supports this public change.”<\/p>\n

Mr Tessmann said consumers deserved to know whether their milk was sustainably sourced and whether it would support their local dairy farmers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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