Nationals politicians have called on the state government to tighten trespassing penalties to protect farmers.
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Member for Lowan Emma Kealy said the party drafted a motion, and presented it to State Parliament last week, in response to activist group Aussie Farms publishing a map featuring the personal details of thousands of farmers nationwide.
"There are some really significant gaps in the legislation that don't help police do their job," Ms Kealy said.
"When there were (Bear Witness Australia and Aussie Farms) trespassers on site at Luv-a-Duck in Nhill last year, they were handling stock - passing ducks from one person to another, so the police could not arrest any of them."
Upper house MP Melina Bath moved the motion last week and the Nationals hope to debate it in parliament this week.
Victorian Farmers Federation president David Jochinke, of Murra Warra, welcomed the move.
"We are hoping for bipartisan support to strengthen laws to ensure the penalties are in line with what the activists do," Mr Jochinke said. "Not that we want to rely on the law. We have nothing to hide, but we do ask people understand and respect why and how we do what we do."
Mr Jochinke said the farmers federation wanted to have a wider discussion about where food comes from.
"Farmers' systems are based around giving consumers what they want," he said.
"They generally want safe, healthy, low-cost food. Above that, environmental and animal welfare and the rights of people who work on farms are all base requirements met by all agricultural systems."
Mr Jochinke said the farmers federation was focused on having this conversation with consumers rather than activists.
"I would suggest activists are doing what they do under perceived principles rather than the rationale of feeding the nation," he said. "If somebody is going to kick down my front door, I don't think they are the type of people who respect opinions other than their own."
Aussie Farms executive director Chris Delforce slammed the motion.
"Every activist who trespasses onto a factory farm or slaughterhouse to capture evidence of what's happening inside, knows ... there's no other way that consumers will be able to see it for themselves," Mr Delforce said.
"New laws aimed at increasing penalties for activists will make no difference. Increasing industry transparency, however, would negate the need for trespass to occur.
"It's also important to note that there has not been, to my knowledge, a single recorded incident of the safety or health of farmers or livestock being affected by peaceful, non-violent trespassing activists."