Poking around various websites, forums and blogs it has become apparent that there’s a noticeable difference between those making comments in support of banning live exports, and those in favour of fixing the problems and resuming the live export trade as soon as possible. Generally speaking, people making online comments in support of Australia’s live […]
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Farmer-bashing turning into a national sport
June 15th, 2011The silver lining on the live export ban cloud
June 10th, 2011Good things do come out of bad, and I’m actually starting to think that while the live export dramas seemed like the straw that would break the camel’s back, it has in fact worked to unite primary producers across northern Australia like no issue ever has before. Apart from getting rid of cruel behaviour by a handful […]
Food Freedom Blog
June 6th, 2011American woman Rady Ananda runs an interesting website dedicated to discussion of food production issues, called ‘Food Freedom’. The site focuses on discussion relating to food safety, ‘food freedom’ (the right to choose one’s own food and farmer) and trade agreement issues. Rady draws attention to under-reported issues and controversial, thought-provoking topics. A classic example of an […]
Barnaby Joyce’s anti-carbon tax petition
March 23rd, 2011Here’s a link to Barnaby Joyce’s anti-carbon tax petition It only takes a few seconds to add your name. If a carbon tax stopped pollution it would be a great scheme. But it won’t, it will only drive already struggling businesses to the wall, increase unemployment and increase the cost of living…while churning out fat […]
Queensland Floods – charities helping rural residents
January 12th, 2011The worst thing about the flooding in Brisbane is that it takes the spotlight off flooding in rural communities – just as occurred in 1974 when Queensland’s Gulf Country went under water. The fact is, average income and asset ownership is much lower in the bush than in cities and suburban areas. Cities have much […]
Great Southern management – Vault Financial Group
December 12th, 2010The Great Southern Managed Investment Scheme went leg up in May 2009 initially with debts of 700 million plus, but eventually it transpired that more than $1 billion was owed to investors. Almost exactly 18 months later, 3 people from the top of Great Southern management have launched into a new venture, Vault Advisory Services, trading as Vault Financial […]
Horsepower with Martin Clunes
September 23rd, 2010Great to see Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly, Doc Martin) doing a lap around the world featuring different types of horses, horse history, horse training etc. Horselover heaven with the ideal host – funny, humble & sensitive. The only pity was that such great material was squeezed into just two episodes – it could have easily been expanded into […]
Australian Plague Locusts
July 17th, 2010I’ve seen grasshoppers of all kinds and lots of locusts (and have learnt that picking up big spur throated locusts is not wise), but can’t remember ever seeing locusts swarming. That is until we drove home the other day, and went through locust swarms east and west of Julia Creek. Most of them flew a […]
Another mustering helicopter crash, near Kowanyama
June 2nd, 2010On Sunday (30th May ) a mustering chopper crashed on Rutland Plains Station (beside the indigenous community of Kowanyama, Gulf of Carpentaria). Apparently the tail rotor clipped a tree and the chopper crashed bubble first into the ground. The 30 year old pilot has survived and is in Cairns Base Hospital with facial injuries (broken […]