Although Australia's agriculture industry is worth more than $60 billion, some Aussie farmers say their businesses could soon be decimated. 9News
said they rely on income from their tourism businesses, to run their farms and they currently operate under a home business.
"If I am allowed 50 people on my property at a time, it is literally 10 per cent of what I would have had in the past.Missy Caufield from The Giving Farm. "It will decimate my business." "We could see the proposed draft and we realised it was going to completely stop our business and that's just devastating," Caufield said.
The department is currently reviewing all feedback and submissions received during the consultation period and will be adjusting the policy where needed, which should be finalised by the end of July.James Jackson from the NSW Farmers Association said his organisation will keep talking to the government.
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