When the Prime Minister recently consulted with cane farmers in north Queensland, leading Burdekin farmer Max Menzel was shown on national television telling Mr Howard that National Competition Policy was “killing our rural industries.”Since then, Queensland Premier Peter Beattie has backed a resolution in the new state parliament strongly critical of National Competition Policy (NCP) and calling on the Federal government to undertake a major review of the 10-year-old policy.His action begs the …