These days there are quite a few avenues for voluntary and charity-related employment. For example, retired teachers may like to consider doing some much-appreciated voluntary teaching, organised via the Volunteers for Isolated Student’s Education scheme (VISE). On remote stations the mother is usually the one responsible for educating the children and the arrival of a VISE teacher […]
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October 10th, 2007Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ film
September 27th, 2007Apparently the film “Australia” will premiere in Darwin as well as Bowen – we are looking forward to making a special trip down to Bowen to see the film in the theatre where the rushes were viewed during filming in 2007. See the ‘Australia’ film website page. There are also many newspaper articles and radio […]
Sale of AMH to JBS Friboi
September 20th, 2007JBS (‘Jose Batista Senior’) now owns AMH (Australian Meat Holdings). JBS Friboi was already South America’s biggest beef processor, and with the purchase of U.S.-based Swifts are now the world’s biggest beef processors. Townsville Bulletin and Courier Mail articles.
National Farm Day
September 13th, 20072007 Victorian Rural Woman of the Year Deborah Bain has been instrumental in setting up a national Farm Day in May. An excellent scheme in which a city family is matched to a farming family so they can visit a farm for a day. Farm Day website.
Queensland Government Plan to Amalgamate Some Local Councils
September 6th, 2007John Howard made the point that he hears constant whinging from states complaining that the federal government rides slipshod over state rights. Yet as he pointed out, here is the Queensland Government doing to local government, exactly what they complain about having done to themselves (and don’t they buck and squeal themselves whenever anyone mentions […]
U.S. Cowboys Increasingly on Motorbikes Instead of Horses
August 30th, 2007An interesting article in the L.A. Times newspaper, discussing how horses are being replaced by motorbikes in the U.S, as has unfortunately been happening in some parts of Australia.
U.N. Declaration on Animal Welfare Predicted
August 23rd, 2007Hugh Wirth is at it again, pretending to be a moderate voice of animal welfare when in reality he sounds more like a fully paid up member of an animal right extremist organisation. As anyone would know who has heard him pontificating on ABC radio in Victoria, in recent years. He was interviewed by ABC […]
Daylight saving
August 16th, 2007An issue that just keeps raising its sunburnt head every year. A referendum several years ago determined that the majority of Queenslanders did not want daylight saving introduced. It seems simple to me. If some people want to get up and start their working day earlier so they can knock off and sunbake on the […]
S.A. Bans animals under 200kg from participating in rodeos
July 30th, 2007The S.A. Minister for all sorts of things including mental health, is going to give the RSPCA more than half a million dollars for a couple more inspectors, and has banned animals under 200kg from participating in rodeos. This means no more calf roping or bronco branding in South Australia. Gail Gago’s press release: http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/animalwelfare/pdfs/rodeo_news_release_4july2007.pdf […]
Travelling In The Outback
June 17th, 2007Organised Tours visiting the Outback Few outback cattle stations are open to public visitors however AgTour runs unique organised tours that visit some of the largest Australian cattle stations. They also run overseas farm tours, in particular to Canada, North and South America, Africa and New Zealand. (A visit to the website always makes my […]