If the vitriolic anti-bush comments in relation to the live export ban didn’t convince rural Australians that there is a sizeable slab of urban Australia who despise them (though urban residents rely on rural residents for food & export income), then the recent online forum comments regarding the planned nuclear waste dump near Tennant Creek, surely will. Discussions on […]
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Nuclear waste dump in ‘the middle of nowhere’ – Tennant Creek
July 22nd, 2011Australia 2012 Year of the Farmer
July 7th, 2011I must be living under a rock because until yesterday I didn’t know that 2012 is the Year of the Farmer. Sponsored by Elders, the Year of the Farmer board is impressive. Included are Deb Bain (Wool & sheep meat producer and Farm Day instigator, Vic), Geoff Bell (NSW), Bill Belotti (agronomist, NSW), Philip Bruem […]
Australia’s live export ban lifted
July 6th, 2011At last some sense has prevailed and Agricultural minister Joe Ludwig announced this evening that the live export ban has been lifted. Cattle that are completely traceable will be allowed to be exported to ‘independently audited’ abattoir facilities. However many regional small businesses will have lost huge amounts of money, many cattle that a month […]
People changing their minds from ‘ban live exports’ to ‘ban cruelty – support Australian beef farmers’
July 5th, 2011Anyone who still believes that banning Australian live exports is an intelligent idea should read this excellent explanation by Genevieve Hopkins on her ‘Green Foodie’ blog. As Genevieve explained, early on she signed petitions supporting the banning of live exports. Then, in response to pointy comments posted on her blog, she decided to do some […]
Great Southern – David Bryant & Rural Funds Management Ltd
July 5th, 2011Anyone interested in the Great Southern Limited (GSL) saga and what the key Great Southern participants are now doing, would be interested in reading Robert Gottliebsen’s Business Spectator article on David Bryant and his Rural Funds Management company. Also, this October 2010 Money Management article on the buyback of RFM. And the June 2011 article in The […]
RMWAH buys Henbury Station, Alice Springs
July 5th, 2011R.M. Williams Agricultural Holdings (RMWAH) has apparently just purchased Henbury Station, on the Sturt Highway 125km south of Alice Springs. The 5,168 square kilometre station has an extensive creek and river system (including Finke and Palmer River frontage) and has 15 permanent waterholes. It was for sale through Elders – after being passed in at auction […]
Closure of JBS-owned meatworks near Toowoomba
June 30th, 2011Beef City is a massive feedlot and associated abattoir located 40km west of Toowoomba in SE Qld. JBS has announced that staff will be stood down due to a glut of boxed beef, resulting from the downturn in customer purchasing since Japan’s tsunami disaster earlier this year. Ostensibly the Beef City meatworks closure is just for two weeks however […]
A letter from the Pilbara to Sarah Ferguson (ABC 4 corners journalist)
June 29th, 2011Various people have written so many excellent letters regarding the live export trade, effect of the current ban, and how to rectify the disastrous situation. The following letter was written by Christine Glenn (Pilbara region, Western Australia) to Sarah Ferguson – the ABC journalist on the 4 corners story on Australia’s live export trade to Indonesia. “Dear […]
Update on the live export ban from David Warriner, NTCA
June 28th, 2011A letter from David Warriner, Chairman, NTCA (Northern Territory Cattleman’s Association):”I think most people understand “cattlemen on the land” abhor the disgusting treatment of our animals we saw on the misleading and unbalanced Four Corners program. It must be understood this is not typical. When your business is in dealing with animals, animal welfare is a […]
Images of animals killing and eating other animals too upsetting for some Australian TV viewers these days
June 28th, 2011We’ve had a good laugh in recent years at ‘parental guidance required’ disclaimers that precede programmes such as Troy Dann’s outback adventures. But the best laugh of all was this ‘warning’ statement preceding the screening of David Attenborough’s ‘Life in Cold Blood’ series screened on ABC TV earlier this year: ‘The following programme contains scenes […]