Right now, farmers and small business owners are struggling to keep their heads above water. They are the hardest done by sector in Australia under this federal government, and it's reaching a crisis point. Many farmers are small businesses. Many small business owners are working people. But you wouldn't know it from the way they are treated by this government.

Small business owners have never worked longer days for less reward, and faced more risk and red tape. Our farmers are facing a magnitude of challenges, with little relief in sight. From international tariff jumps to green droughts and a rapid renewables rollout they're being asked to carry the entire burden for with no reward or recognition. "Mary, there's just no mud in our paddocks at the moment," one of my South Gippsland farme

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