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flag 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.

flag 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. flag The levy, which would have required farmers to fund biosecurity while exempting other supply chain players, was scrapped in February amid broad opposition. flag 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. flag His tenure included a 2024 hospitalization in San Francisco after a mugging, where he spent days in an induced coma. flag The GPA board has not yet decided whether to advertise for a replacement or recruit directly.

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