Maria Ann Soper’s death in January 1999 at the age of 21 was a tragic reminder of how dangerous it is to overheat and dehydrate in the hot, humid weather of the northern wet season, and how quickly death can occur. If it isn’t raining in January, it is usually the hottest month of the […]
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Giddy Goanna – Farm Safety for Adults & Children
January 12th, 2009Giddy Goanna is a not-for-profit child safety promoting organisation that began with a focus on farm safety. 6 books have been published – three of which feature farm safety: 1. Farm Safety fun with Giddy Goanna (1995). Written by Pamela Brown and illustrated by Rebecca Berrett. 2. Giddy Goanna – Fun on the Farm (1997). […]
Find a Farmer a Wife
August 6th, 2008We just had to watch ‘Find a Farmer a Wife’ on tv. Curiosity got the better of me, it just sounded so appalling. I hope all the blokes who end up with a live-in arrangement as a result of this show, get a pre-nuptial/pre-defacto agreement. Because the odds are that more than one will end […]
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 […]
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 […]