VFF members again try to oust president Emma Germano as AGM descends into shouting match

Turmoil at Victoria's peak farming organisation has gone from bad to worse after its annual general meeting descended into a shouting match.

Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) members met in Melbourne yesterday for an annual general meeting when there was meant to be a vote on controversial changes to the organisation's constitution.

But those changes were withdrawn at the 11th hour after the board cited "significant irregularities" with the proxy voting process that had preceded the meeting.

VFF president Emma Germano had been criticised in the lead-up to the meeting for sending members proxy voting forms that would have given her their votes to cast in favour of the contentious constitutional changes.

Throughout the hours-long meeting, there were numerous attempts by members to put forward motions of no confidence in the board but they were rejected on constitutional grounds.

ABC News, 21st February 2024

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