Images: Farmers Fart Tax Protest At Parliament

Thursday, 4 September 2003, 3:50 pm
Article: New Zealand National Party

A set of images showing today's protest at Parliament by farmers concerned at the proposed fart tax. The tax has been proposed on ruminant emissions to finance research into emission reduction. Images from the National Party media unit.

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