00:00I'm blown away today. We've got nearly 400 here. I was hoping for 200. On very short notice we've
00:11been able to rally the troops from right around Victoria and we've been able to push back, push
00:15back this stupid environmental emergency services levy to Thursday at least and we need to keep up
00:23the pressure. I really need everybody's support. Every asset owner here in Victoria needs to get
00:28on the petitions, push back, talk to the crossbench, get your message out. This is just a crazy, crazy
00:34tax. I'm here today on the steps of Parliament House because this is going to impact our region
00:40significantly with around 5.2 million dollars extra ripped out of our local economy out of the
00:46hands of farmers. That's just the farming community. So we know that this is going to be a big impact
00:50to our local area, to our farmers who are already struggling in a lot of ways and particularly will
00:56impact our local economy in a way that is going to be felt throughout the whole region.
01:00Very well said Nathan. I completely concur. This tax is to hurt those who are already hurting. It's to
01:07hurt those who contribute most to our economy, to our livelihoods, to look after our land. This is just
01:13an evil tax that needs to just be knocked on the head right today. I just want to say we've stopped
01:19this bill twice already. It was going to be debated five weeks ago, it was going to be voted on five
01:23weeks ago. It got stopped. It was going to be voted on today. It got stopped. We can stop it again on
01:29Thursday if we stay united, if we keep communicating with our government and we make sure our voices are
01:34heard. Well done everyone. Thank you for coming out.
