If you wernt worried before

[the_hawk*]

If you weren't worried before you should be now that food importers can poison people with immunity and you wont even know about it.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/foodrelated-deaths-and-illnesses-to-no-longer-...

[j*oono]

I don't know about that but at least the WA government has brought back in free whooping cough immunisation for anyone.

It's not just for kids because it's an airborne disease and adults may no longer have resistance.  Even grandparents should be immunised again.

Baby Riley died this week and the parents want a message to be sent.

http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/massive-public-support-for-family-of-whooping-cough-baby-riley-201...

[the_hawk*]

immunisation is a funny thing now, many people don't think there is a need to immunise against diseases that are no longer heard of, the problem is now we are getting many immigrants from places that do still have these diseases that were thought to be extinct in Oz and are now becoming more common.

[debra9275]

in conjunction with the story you've posted hawk'' i saw this on the ABC a few days ago and quite fankly I am gobsmacked

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-18/national-produce-monitoring-system-axed-by-government/6327528

A safety net for monitoring chemicals in Australia's domestic food has been axed by the Federal Government, the ABC has discovered.

Government reports have identified significant gaps and deficiencies in Australia's agricultural chemical residue produce monitoring, as testing varies in each state and territory.

The Labor government established a $25 million, five-year pilot in 2013 for a National Produce Monitoring System, which aimed to give consumers confidence and act as a vital safeguard.

The system was scrapped in the finer detail of last year's budget.

"[It was] $25 million we were prepared to spend on what I think was a program of great merit," Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said

A spokesman for Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce argued it was not the Federal Government's responsibility and that the axing was a savings measure.

"[The system] was a put forward as a budget savings measure as the Commonwealth has no power to enforce compliance with the domestic use of agricultural chemicals," the spokesman said.

"This responsibility lies with the states and territories."

[gleee58]

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@debra9275 wrote:

in conjunction with the story you've posted hawk'' i saw this on the ABC a few days ago and quite fankly I am gobsmacked

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-18/national-produce-monitoring-system-axed-by-government/6327528

A safety net for monitoring chemicals in Australia's domestic food has been axed by the Federal Government, the ABC has discovered.

Government reports have identified significant gaps and deficiencies in Australia's agricultural chemical residue produce monitoring, as testing varies in each state and territory.

The Labor government established a $25 million, five-year pilot in 2013 for a National Produce Monitoring System, which aimed to give consumers confidence and act as a vital safeguard.

The system was scrapped in the finer detail of last year's budget.

"[It was] $25 million we were prepared to spend on what I think was a program of great merit," Labor's agriculture spokesman Joel Fitzgibbon said

A spokesman for Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce argued it was not the Federal Government's responsibility and that the axing was a savings measure.

"[The system] was a put forward as a budget savings measure as the Commonwealth has no power to enforce compliance with the domestic use of agricultural chemicals," the spokesman said.

"This responsibility lies with the states and territories."

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Barnanby Joyce will offer up any excuse for why we should not have protocols to cover anything.

He's supposed to be the minister for agriculture and yet he inists it's a state responsibility as are the mines and they all should just be left alone and trusted to sort out any differences between themselves.

Considering he shafts (or attempts to) all responsibilities onto the states why exactly is he being paid to be minister for agriculture?  He does nothing for the rural communities and seems to only enjoy playing the clown in parliament and partying on with the constituents, instead of working for them.  He doesn't take any aspect of his job seriously except campaigning.