This decision represents a wholesale sell out of independant family farms to the likes of the large US grain trading empires. Rest assured you hardworking farmers, this change has come about as a tool to keep grains from realising their true value. In Canada the conservative government is trying to force the same changes, with one minister even stating the desired effect to be a lowering of the grain price. It would be real nice if these price fixers would turn their efforts on diesel fuel, tyres, farm equipment, land, parts, fertiliser, and everything else a farmer needs to produce these below true cost of production commodities.

A single desk of anything is a MONOPOLY.

You could imagine the outrage if you had no option other than Woolworths to sell your meat, fruit or vegetables to.

Imagine if you could only buy your fuel, fertiliser etc from one provider.

Imagine if you could only get your finance from one provider (like Westpac).

Time to move on from the idea that monopolies are good.

Even the Chinese have realised this.

there is a petition against this change - please go sign it.

i am a young farrmer and i am scared about this hapening - we have to stop them.

go to this site below if you are worred too.

Still praying for rain where i am,

cheers

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/single-desk-australia n-w heat-exports/sign.html

Where was the National Party's concern for our wheat growers when the Howard Government privatised the Wheat Board?

That act signed the death warrant for the single desk.

History shows that Labor never supports the rural industry, but shame on you, Liberals!

Look what has happened to every other deregulated industry in Australia.

Banks - became a monopoly of 4 big banks getting bigger, and competition is a joke.

Dairy - decimated and now not enough farmers to supply the market. Are they going to pay the farmers a reasonable price for their milk? They are trying not to but the consumer will continue to pay through the nose.

Sugar - on their knees and death is a certainty without ethanol.

Australia will soon suffer food shortages as we cannot depend on imports.

We only need a major problem overseas and imports will be too expensive or unavailable and then where will we be?

No Democracy in Australia. Australia has been converted to a third-world country in one momentous decision by the Liberal party to climb in bed with Labor, which hates farmers.

Regardless of over 80% support for our collective market system, it is going to be destroyed without growers being allowed to vote.

Mr Bourke said on delivering the legislation "It is a matter of choice for growers, After all it is their wheat".

Welcome to the new Zimbabwe ladies and gentlemen.

Both Rudd and Nelson will go down in history as the two people who destroyed wheat growing and Australian farmers.

They are the two who will have the blood on their hands of any farmers who lose their livelihoods to big business shareholders.

This Bill if passed will destroy the Australian Wheat Industry.

Without a National Pool and the first advance within 21 days of delivery together with the buyer of last resort, growers will be forced into becoming stock holders.

People who think that high prices will make a difference are deluding themselves.

The wheat will not be purchased until the buyers need it - the buyers will also be fully aware of growers immediate needs for cash to pay harvesting costs, meet debt repayments and to finance the next crop and will attempt to push prices down.

There is no doubt that production will crash.

This Bill is about passing the ownership of Australia's export wheat from growers to large foreign multi nationals - I look out of my window and now say that my wheat crop, that is responding well to rain, belongs to Cargill!

"This is the beginning of the end". It's now "dog eat dog" and everyman for himself.

Thanks for nothing Leon Bradley and the PGA!!

This is a sad day in Australian histroy, the ALP & LIBs should be ashame of themselves.

We the Rural Industry are being sold out to the multi nationals, it's about share holder profits.

SHAME SHAME SHAME.

Peter, a family farmer.

Farmers have always been innovative and been able to deal with enormous change - the ability to adapt to this new system will be no different. There is no reason why the government need to be in your business. The good news is now you have absolute choice in who you sell to and the way you market your crop.