GrainGrowers advocates for legislated agricultural right to repair at the 2025 Australian Repair Summit 🌾 GrainGrowers Advocacy and Rural Affairs Manager, Sean Cole joined an esteemed panel at the 2025 Australian Repair Summit in Canberra. GrainGrowers has urged the Federal Government to legislate a Right to Repair framework for agricultural machinery, proposing targeted amendments to the Competition and Consumer Act to bring the farming sector in line with the 3rd party repair protections granted to the light vehicle industry. Assistant Minister for Competition Dr. Andrew Leigh, said today that "Farmers who once fixed their own equipment with a spanner and a bit of ingenuity are finding that they can no longer carry out even basic maintenance without manufacturer authorisation." Read the full media release here - https://www.graingrowers.com.au/news/graingrowers-ups-the-call-for-right-to-repair-for-ag-machinery #RightToRepair #GrainGrowers #RepairSummit2025 #AustralianAgriculture (fb)

🌾GrainGrowers would like to congratulate Ashleigh Brooks and Fiona Marshall on their appointment to the Board of Directors at the 2025 Annual General Meeting today. Ash Brooks has served as a director since 2023 and was re-elected after retiring in accordance with the constitution, with Fiona Marshall elected to the other position on the Board. Read the media release here: https://ggl.pub/4mSt6i4 (fb)