April 2019

Keating promised his tax cuts were L.A.W. law, Gillard promised no carbon tax under her government and Bill Shorten swears that he will not introduce

‘State Budget Securing Future for WA Agriculture Effort’ was the title of Minister McTiernan’s pre-budget press drop last week which I read with interest. I’m

Carbon emissions and targets are back in the news with the election promise by the opposition to ignore the cost to the Australian economy of

Date of publication: 11 April 2019 In Australia today, around one third of commercial farmers are members of their state farming organisations. Benchmarked against public

This election budget was fairly predictable for the agriculture sector, not surprisingly most of the farm specific commitments are eastern state centric, which is expected

Date of publication:  23 November 2018 It’s easy to be a free rider, to be a leaner rather than a lifter.  We see it all

Date of publication:  9 November 2018 Farmers long ago worked out that the safest topic to talk over the farm fence to friends, neighbours, in

Date of publication: 21 November 2018 Today is National Agriculture Day; a day to stop and consider where your food and fibre comes from, and

Date of publication: 23 October 2018 The anti-live export campaign in Australian is driven by millions of dollars of international funds to shut down a