Farmers not fair dinkum and we pay the penalty

By Crispin Hull
Updated April 23 2018 - 9:25pm, first published March 1 2014 - 3:00am

John Howard had it right on agriculture. Tony Abbott has it wrong. The latest farm hand-out is another example of the Abbott government's inconsistency and justification-on-the-run when it comes to government assistance.

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