Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia

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The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia, abbreviated (PGA), is a Perth-based lobby group acting for the interests of agricultural and associated industries.

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Advocacy groups use various forms of advocacy in order to influence public opinion and/or policy. They have played and continue to play an important part in the development of political and social systems.

In particular, it supports a free market system and strongly opposes "statutory marketing" and related governmental regulation. [1] It has sometimes clashed with the Western Australian Farmers Federation, over issues such as lamb and wheat marketing. [2]

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Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFarmers) is an agricultural organisation in Western Australia. In the one hundred years of its existence, the various interactions with other groups, and the separation, then inclusion of political activity, has given the federation a colourful position in the history of Western Australia.

History

The PGA was founded in 1907. [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ About Us on official website
  2. ↑ Brammer, Jenne (27 April 2019). "No need for groups to merge, says PGA". The West Australian. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  3. ↑ Maisey, Neva (1980), No man alone : The Pastoralists & Graziers Association of Western Australia (Inc.), 1907-1979 : its background and history, Pastoralists and Graziers Association of Western Australia?, retrieved 1 January 2019
  4. ↑ Stretch D., Randles I. Letter to Attorney General's Department 29 August 2014
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