At the festival we officially launched our new Melon Grower Hero video, celebrating the hard work and expertise that goes into producing high quality Australian melons. The video can be seen
HERE: (expertly produced by the legends at
ShotPro).
We have been extremely busy preparing for our upcoming 2025 Melon Conference and 30th Anniversary event to celebrate the achievements of the Australian Melon Association
, (trading as Melons Australia) and our industry! We look forward to announcing the venues and launching our registration/ticketing process for these events in the coming week – stay tuned and be on the look out for the email invite as well as notices in our socials as these are not to be missed events!
I welcome and note that it is as a result of great unity and collaborative lobbying that the Agriculture industry successfully advocated to knock out the proposed Biosecurity Tax. I also wish to report that Melons Australia continues to work with State and Territory Governments on the pathways to implementing food safety regulations – WA, NT and Victoria have been implemented on 12th February 2025 as per the requirements, while we continue to object to the excessive regulatory approach that was put to public comment in NSW and I am actively engaged with the QLD Government on a revised approach to their implementation.
Our 2025 Europe Study tour remains open for EOI’s, however these will be
closing as of COB Tuesday 4th March 2025– so if you have an interest in attending, we need your forms completed and submitted ASAP! Here is the link -
EOI.
Both Joanna Embry (Melons Aus Biosecurity and Projects Officer) and I attended the recent EvokeAg conference in Brisbane, which presented a fantastic array of future thinking problems and challenges as well as opportunities and possible solutions for Agriculture. We will look to utilise our connections and learnings from this in the work we continue to lead for our industry, including prioritising ‘common ground’.
As we look forward, we will be representing industry at the upcoming FoodEx Tradeshow in Japan in mid-March, and then involved with the Northern Australia Food Futures Conference in Darwin in early April. Exciting times ahead.
If you need any assistance or see opportunities where Melons Australia can support you, don’t hesitate to reach out—we’re here to help! You can contact me
by email HERE or call me at +61 407 032 023.
