Push for GRDC decentralisation

Gregor Heard
March 29 2017 - 5:00pm
There is no need for further decentralisation of the GRDC according to Grain Growers chairman John Eastburn.
There is no need for further decentralisation of the GRDC according to Grain Growers chairman John Eastburn.

A REGIONAL Victorian community has used the Federal Government Senate Inquiry into decentralisation of government agencies to push for a relocation of a portion of the Grains Research and Development Corporation (GRDC).

Gregor Heard

Gregor Heard

National Grains Industry Reporter

Gregor Heard is ACM's national grains industry reporter, based in Horsham, Victoria. He has a wealth of knowledge surrounding the cropping sector through his 15 years in the role. Prior to that he was with the Fairfax network as a reporter with Stock & Land. Some of the major issues he has reported on during his time with the company include the deregulation of the export wheat market, the introduction of genetically modified crops and the fight to protect growers better from grain trader insolvencies. Still involved with the family farm he is passionate about rural Australia and its people and hopes to use his role to act as an advocate for those involved in the grain sector.

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