Remote Area Zone Tax Rebate – Now’s our chance to fix it

August 31st, 2010

The Remote Area Tax Rebate, or ‘Zone Tax Offset’ as it has been called most recently, needs raising so that it accurately reflects the true cost of living and working in remote areas of Australia

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The ‘Farmers Arms’ poem and ‘God Speed the Plough’

August 31st, 2010

While poking around an antique shop near Romsey (Vic) I spotted a large pottery cup and saucer produced by Adams (England) that I just had to buy.  It has a very old poem on it that I think says it all, for farmers, albeit in olde worlde language & punctuation and no mention of the […]

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Stanbroke Pastoral Company suing Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd

August 15th, 2010

Stanbroke Pastoral Company are taking Xstrata’s Ernest Henry Mining Pty Ltd to court to recover costs relating to environmental damage

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The U.S. cattle industry and Texas A & M University

August 7th, 2010

Interesting article on Beef producer’s views of the state of the U.S. cattle industry in Agrilife News.  Agrilife News is produced by Texas A & M University– a university specialising in agricultural studies and research.  There are two campuses – one in Galveston (Texas) and the other in Qatar. Given that Texas is the U.S. state most […]

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