Farmers vote to keep the Wheat Board

Farmers vote to keep the Wheat Board

Just over 60 per cent of wheat growers and 51 per cent of barley growers voted to keep the board's monopoly on grain sales.

I'm going to make a slight correction here - 60 per cent of wheat growers that voted and 51 per cent of barley growers that voted, voted to keep the board's monopoly on grain sales.

That notwithstanding, the plebiscite wasn't necessary - the government isn't adding or removing grains from the single desk. It's removing the single desk altogether.