‘We’re sick of being the whipping boy’ – Cotton Australia

Gregor Heard
Updated January 11 2019 - 7:26am, first published 6:30am
Cotton Australia says it is sick of its industry being the 'whipping boy' in arguments about water policy.
Cotton Australia says it is sick of its industry being the 'whipping boy' in arguments about water policy.

THE COTTON industry has come out swinging at claims that the devastation in the Lower Darling, which saw hundreds of thousands of fish deaths is partially due to over extraction of water in the Upper Darling and its tributaries.

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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