Fairfax’s Business Today reports that Brett Heading said Nick Burton-Taylor was ‘primarily responsible for the departure of former Chief Executive Don Mackay’, amongst other very thought-provoking comments. An article well worth reading by AACo shareholders and AACo employees. Oh to be a fly on the wall and know the full story from both sides. The […]
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June 3rd, 2009The survival of Australian books written & illustrated by Australians
June 3rd, 2009The Australian Productivity Commission has been asked to review the 1968 copyright act which restricts the parallel importation of books, with a view to ditching this restriction. This would have a severely detrimental effect on the Australian publishing industry – resulting in thousands of poor quality, irrelevant importations being dumped here and a huge drop […]
Farmers voices uniting all over the world, at last
June 2nd, 2009With increasing urbanisation, worldwide, it has become increasingly apparent that farmers often have more fundamentals in common with farmers in other countries, than they have in common with inner-city residents of their own countries. And that farmers, worldwide, have many basic problems in common. At long last, instant and virtually cost-free worldwide networks are forming, […]
International Federation of Agricultural Journalists ‘Star’ prize
June 2nd, 2009This year 20 of the 29 member countries of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists sent entries to the IFAJ’s ‘Star’ Prize for Agricultural Photography. A record 157 photographs have been entered into the three categories – Nature, People and Production. As usual, the competition will be judged by three photographers from different countries – […]
Life Source – Queensland
June 1st, 2009Life Source is a new organisation which was launched at Beef 2009 at Rockhampton, aimed at countering increasingly negative agricultural stereotypes. Peter Mahoney, of Theodore, is the primary contact. While the Queensland Country Life has indicated that fighting the tree-clearing ban is a primary objective, Life Source appears to have broader objectives than that. Life […]
R.M. Williams
May 30th, 2009Reginald Murray Williams was born on a South Australian farm in 1908. He started his business which became known as ‘R.M. Williams – Bush Outfitters’ – back in the 1930s, and the company is still known primarily for quality leather boot production. Entirely appropriate, because making good quality boots is what R.M. first began with. […]
The cost of living in remote areas & the Zone Tax Offset
May 28th, 2009This week the Queensland Government has been talking about scrapping the fuel subsidy. This is a very sensible idea – blanket subsidies (such as the first home owners grant) are hugely expensive, are being paid to those who don’t need financial assistance (not just those who do), and only distort market forces (and create inefficiencies […]
Angus & Robertson Book Retailers, and REDgroup Retail
May 27th, 2009The book selling business that became Angus & Robertson was started in Sydney by Scotsman David Mackenzie Angus, in 1884. A & R published many famous writers and poets that have greatly enriched Australian cultural heritage, including Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. Unfortunately A & R publishing no longer exists. Angus & Robertson has been […]
The best way to prevent animal extinctions – farming
May 26th, 2009The recent Swine Flu drama has illustrated exactly what the future would be for many animal species that are currently raised for human consumption, if extremist vegetarians had their way. There is apparently only one pig in the whole of Afghanistan, and it is in a zoo, as curiosity. Pork products are illegal in Afghanistan. […]