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7 April 2008
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) is warning woolgrowers
that Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) is again using growers’
hard earned levies to send the wrong people to speak with wool’s
customers, at the upcoming International Wool Textile Organisation (IWTO)
conference at Beijing, China... more
24 March 2008
The mulesing issue has identified a new opportunity for wool.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is a concept whereby organisations
consider the interests of society by taking responsibility for the impact
of their activities on customers, suppliers, employees, shareholders,
communities and the environment in all aspects of their operations...
more
17 March 2008
It’s time to adopt pain free mulesing. The belated “active
support” of pain relief by Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) Chief
Executive Craig Welsh is welcome, but not enough. AWI and their Taskforce
must prove their support by adopting pain relief with mulesing, as they
promised in the 2005 agreement with retailers... more
4 March 2008
The Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) is demanding that Ian
McLachlan, Chairman of Australian Wool Innovation (AWI), who turns 72
this year, step aside from any decision making in the on-going mulesing
issue... more
15 December 2007
The influential Australian Wool Growers Association (AWGA) is urging
woolgrowers to start rebuilding the Australian sheep flock, following
the recent changes to the leadership of the Australian wool industry...
more
11 December 2007
Chairmains's Letter to Members ... full letter here
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The highly successful Australian Wool Growers Association is seeking
support from growers and other industry members to ensure the cultural
change it started in the wool industry in 1996 is realised.
AWGA is widely regarded as responsible for the sweeping reforms in the wool industry which led to the creation of Australian Wool Innovation as an independent, grower-owned commercial company.
However, many within the industry say the job that AWGA set out to do is unfinished as there is continued Government involvement in the industry and ongoing ownership and accountability issues to address.
The dangerously low national sheep flock numbers, insurance and workers compensation costs and the technological impact on marketing the wool clip are also important to growers and must be solved.
The AWGA has been set up on a national platform to give growers and industry members direct representation to AWI, State and Federal Governments and through the industry pipeline.
The Directors of AWGA are:
Martin Oppenheimer, Stud breeder Walcha NSW (Chair) 0413 580 040
Charles Olsson, Commercial wool grower, Goulburn NSW
Sam Stephens, Commercial Grower, Coolah NSW
Will Crozier, Commercial Grower, Casterton Vic Retired January 2007
Peter Laird, Commercial wool grower, Hillston NSW
Shane Edwards Stud Merino Breeder, Quairading. WA
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