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Farmers hit with new biosecurity tax

Farmers have been hit with a new tax in the form of a biosecurity levy to help pay for an $845 million budget boost in spending on measures aimed at keeping out pests and diseases.

The levy was a bitter pill in a budget that failed to tackle rampant food price inflation, said National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) president Fiona Simson.

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Brad Thompson was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review

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