They certainly are not listening to the vast majority of wheat growers (80+% windsor poll April 2008).

What hope would rural Australia have of being heard if it were not for the National Party.

It is not hard to see why they hardly hold any seats in Federal Parliament these days.

They do not support business, innovation, competition, or indivivdual rights - rather, most of their policies are developed around some sort of "chip on their shouder" socialist mentality.

The Single Desk is all but dead.

Long live competition!

Just when farmers cannot afford any further loss this Government is about to take all the risk that was shared through the National Pool and drop it on the individual farmer.

Evidence of last year's disaster with growers trying to hedge their own crop should have been a clear warning of pending disarster with removing our orderly marketing system.

Australian farmers have been sold out by Rudd and Burke, neither listening to all the submissions by growers.

This arrogant bunch who are advised by big business and unknown public servants have to be held to account for thie hatred of the Australian farmer.

It is time for the industry with its allies to unite and take the message to Canberra and do what ever it takes to stop this anti-Australian legislation.

If Rudd tried to take away unions collective bargaining they would kick him where it hurts.

Their record of supporting failed grain marketing monoplies in Australia to the end is now complete.

The Nationals now are the only party that believes the single desk isn't dead.

Over the years it has made our supply chains internationally competitive, just look at the dairy supply chain.

Deregulation works especially in the long term.

Warren Truss should change the National Party name to the Retreat Party because they definitely do not stand for progress.

Stopping labor's legislation leaves us with a status quo which is no single desk.

In the old days politicians acted for, and on behalf of, their constituents.

The Liberal country members must join their National Party members in blocking this Labor disaster, brought on by a complete lack of understanding by "city-centric politicians".

The legislation encourages a system where the bulk handlers will accumulate for the multi nationals and then the wheat will pass into the traders' hands as it leaves the port thus absolving them of any transparency requirements.

This is a disaster in the making.

We in NSW recently returned a figure of 87% support for a single desk in the Windsor Poll because we understand the workings of a market through the domestic scenario plus we have witnessed the antics of Graincorp for almost two decades.

The same cannot be said for the Liberal Party who in government could not make a decision (purely for political purposes - for fear of going into an election with a divided coalition).

Now in opposition they are rushing to support Labor's reforms.

John Howard stands condemned for his inaction on this issue and wheatgrowers have, for the last two years in particular, been the sacrificial lambs for his failed policies.

We congratulate the Labor Government for its decision and support Tony Burke for having the fortitude to at last give farmers choice of to whom they sell their export wheat and at what price.

There is no such thing as going back to a fully regulated system.

Some of the previous comments highlight the fact that the wheat marketing issue has divided the country.

A few dinosaur parochial people [70% of around 10% of wheat growers] have had their say without offering a way forward.

They have no argument to convice the other 93% of wheat growers.

I want to see a regulated marketing system.

If the proposed legislation is not passed now, there will be every chance the marketing arrangements will be deregulated further which will then impact on growers significantly.

It is time for the minority to accept that change is inevitable and move on.