Colin Bettles作为GPA五年后第一位全职首席执行官, 留下农民影响力更强、有争议生物安保税失败的遗产。 Colin Bettles steps down as GPA's first full-time CEO after five years, leaving behind a legacy of stronger farmer influence and the defeat of a contested biosecurity levy.

科林·贝特尔斯(Colin Bettles)在近五年后辞去澳大利亚谷物生产国首任全职首席执行官一职,留下农民影响力增强的遗产,特别是在反对阿尔巴内斯政府拟议征收生物安保税方面。 Colin Bettles has stepped down as Grain Producers Australia’s first full-time chief executive after nearly five years, leaving behind a legacy of strengthened farmer influence, particularly in opposing the Albanese government’s proposed biosecurity levy. 该税本会要求农民在豁免其他供应链参与者的同时为生物安保提供资金,但于2月在广泛的反对下被废除。 The levy, which would have required farmers to fund biosecurity while exempting other supply chain players, was scrapped in February amid broad opposition. 前记者兼副总理Michael McCormack的助手Bettles帮助提升GPA的形象, 并与农产企业Nufarm发起心理健康倡议。 Bettles, a former journalist and aide to Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, helped elevate GPA’s profile and launched a mental health initiative with agribusiness Nufarm. 他的任职期间包括2024年在被抢劫后在旧金山住院,他在那里昏迷了几天。 His tenure included a 2024 hospitalization in San Francisco after a mugging, where he spent days in an induced coma. GPA董事会尚未决定是登广告进行替换还是直接招募。 The GPA board has not yet decided whether to advertise for a replacement or recruit directly.