. . INDOOR GARDENING : GARDENING : COUNTRIES: AUSTRALIA : AGRICULTURE : TAXES AND TAXATION : RESEARCH : POLITICS: ORGANIZATIONS AND LOBBYING GROUPS: Are Horticulture Levies Wasted or Well Spent? . . Are Horticulture Levies Wasted or Well Spent? By Sarina Locke ABC Rural Updated Thu 6 Feb 2014, 2:47pm AEDT http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-06/horticulture-review/5240508 . .A review into how research dollars are managed for horticulture has every option on the table, including abolishing the Horticulture Australia Limited altogether.
.The Research and Development Corporation for fruit, vegetables and nuts has faced criticism that its committees deciding on project spending, and are stacked with lobby groups like Citrus Australia or Ausveg.
. snip .Citrus growers in the Riverina and Riverland have complained in the past that the committees deciding on those projects have a conflict of interest, saying the peak industry bodies are garnering millions of dollars from the projects.
."We have no real say in who actually controls where the funds go. We the growers pay the levy, and when it comes down to who's dealing it out and to what projects, we have no say in who sits on these Industry Advisory Committees," said Bart Brighentti, of Riverina Citrus Growers Incorporated.
."The private organisation claims to represent all of citrus. In the past they've stacked the (committees), including a majority of their own directors, and after a scathing review, they then changed it to a majority of their own members."
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