You can put sprinkles on a dog turd. You can even try calling it “chocolate ice cream”.
But that won’t make it taste any better.
Similarly, renaming a dodgy bunch of eco-terrorists doesn’t change the fact that they’re radicals threatening the nation’s farmers in the name of their lunatic vegan crusade.
Politicians have called for authorities to maintain their hard-line stance on a radical animal activist group, despite the organisation changing its name.
In November last year, Aussie Farms had its charity status revoked after creating a website that targeting producers across the country, with a map of farm locations published on Facebook, following a campaign by the Australian Community Media ag mastheads.
The group has now changed its name to the Farm Transparency Project, however the organisation remains identical, with the same executive director and the same objectives targeting the animal agriculture industry.
Does it still have the same family ties to high-placed public servants living off the taxpayer tit while undermining the national economy?
Federal Agriculture Minister David Littleproud said he had already moved swiftly to ensure the group does not regain its charity status.
“They have no place in our society and I have formally requested the Attorney-General treat the Farm Transparency Project the same as Aussie Farms has been,” Mr Littleproud said.
“No matter what these groups call themselves they are abhorrent in facilitating the intimidation of Australian farming families.”
The vegan activists swear that, hand on heart, they’re not trying to pull a swifty after being hit with a barrage of bad publicity last year.
However, Farm Transparency Project chief executive Chris Delforce said[…]”We felt that the name Farm Transparency Project better conveys our purpose as an organisation. The new name also paves the way for a greater international scope and reach.”
However, NSW Ag Minister Adam Marshall wasn’t buying it.
“The whole purpose of re-branding is to continue their campaign to shut down agriculture in Australia,” Mr Marshall said.
One of the biggest controversies around the group was its map of farm locations that, just coincidentally of course, was used by radicals to target and terrorise farming families.
When asked if he would remove the controversial map if it would help the organisation gain charity status, Mr Delforce said “the map, as a tool for transparency and consumer awareness, is of much greater importance than those concessions”.
Victorian MP Bev McArthur said any organisation that promote illegal behaviour such as trespassing could not be allowed to take advantage of charity tax concessions.
“Aussie Farms are an extremist organisation that encourage criminal trespass, livestock theft and breaches of biosecurity plans on the premises of agricultural enterprises,” Ms McArthur said.
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