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IF you’ve paid the pig slaughter levy in the 2018-19 financial year, you’re eligible to apply for or renew your Aus- tralian Pork Limited membership and gain ac- cess to a range of mem- bership benefits – includ- ing voting for your repre- sentative in the upcoming Delegate Elections.
While pig producers can become A PL members at any time, APL has an obli- gation to confirm its mem- bers’ details and eligibil- ity for membership every three years.
For current members, this means you’ll need to com- plete a membership renewal form by September 2, 2019 to be eligible to vote in the Delegate Elections.
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Likewise, new members will need to submit their membership application forms by September 2 if they wish to vote in the Delegate Elections.
There are three different membership categories:
nominated delegate.
• Access to exclusive members-only online content such as Delegates’ Forum presentations, Pig Farm Invasion Tool Kit and APL’s online publica-
tion archives.
• The member-exclusive
monthly newsletter, APL Update.
• Weekly Eyes and Ears market news.
online PigPass movement reporting system now have the option to instead consent to APL accessing their PigPass records to verify the levy paid, reduc- ing the burden of getting a statutory declaration wit- nessed.
If a producer prefers that APL does not access their records in this way, the statutory declaration op- tion is still available.
As per the APL Constitu- tion, if a current member does not provide APL with the information required by September 2, 2019, they will cease to be a member.
For more details, or to re- new or apply for member- ship, please visit australi- anpork.com.au/members
Please note: Intermediar- ies paying the pig slaugh- ter levy on behalf of others are not eligible for APL producer membership, but producers who have paid their levy via an interme- diary are eligible.
All new memberships are subject to approval from the APL Board.
APL therefore encour- ages you to submit your renewal application as soon as possible after June 30, 2019.
If you have any ques- tions about this process, or need any assistance, please contact the APL Member- ship team at members@ australianpork.com.au
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Activists harm their own cause
ANIMAL activists may have successfully dis- rupted traffic and some farming operations, but they’ve turned many Australians off their cause, Minister for Ag- riculture David Little- proud said recently.
“If the aim was to stop traffic they’ve succeed- ed, but if the aim was to convert Australians to veganism then these people did huge damage to their cause,” Minister Littleproud said.
“Fair-minded Austral- ians find this behaviour extreme.
“I continue to call for calm.
“Invading people’s properties is not the Australian way.
“If I broke into a sub- urban house in Mel- b o u r n e o r S y d n e y, I ’d expect to be arrested, handcuffed and taken away.”
Minister Littleproud said breaking into a farm should be no dif- ferent.
“These are family homes and children live here,” he said.
“Federally, we’ve done our bit – we’ve brought
Aussie Farms and its at- tack map for activists under the Privacy Act so that misuse of personal information results in enormous fines.
“Now the states must beef up trespass laws so serious penalties apply for invading farms.
“I have no problem with any person’s choice to be vegan – vegans eat plenty of farm produce too – but making farm- ers scared of property invasions and stopping honest people getting to work shows no respect and wins no friends.”
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