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January 2025

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When clean green turns a blind eye to what’s natural

It seems that no one weeps for the fall of natural fibres. Once the crowning jewels of human ingenuity, symbols of tradition, status, and our interdependence with nature, fibres like wool, silk, hemp, and linen have been quietly relegated to the back of the wardrobe. All the while, the so-called “clean green” warriors of today are too busy waving banners against petroleum products to notice—or care—that the natural fibre industry has been driven to the

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Trevor Whittington January 29, 2025
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This Minister has learnt nothing from the Live Export debate

“The Cook Government has been a leader in adopting the new poultry standards and guidelines and phasing out battery cages, reflecting community expectations for improved treatment, care and management of all animals. (Jarvis) “The new poultry regulations are designed to be proactive and support better welfare, safety and health outcomes in both commercial and backyard flocks.” Jackie Jarvis 13 December 2024. (Jarvis) Has our State Minister for Agriculture learnt nothing from the live export debate.

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Trevor Whittington January 23, 2025
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The Nats need to cut the Pork

In the pre-refrigeration era of the Deep South, plantation owners would crack open barrels of salted pork to reward their workers—a salty metaphor for doling out scraps to keep the masses just content enough. This image of frantic hands diving into the communal pork barrel gave rise to a term now etched in the annals of political cynicism: pork-barrelling. By the 19th century, this practice had leapt from the plantation to the Parliament, as politicians

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Trevor Whittington January 21, 2025
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Collie Coal has a big future once we get past the climate change madness

“My Government is absolutely committed to delivering a strong future for Collie, delivering major new industries and local jobs as the economy transitions away from coal.” “Opening up industry-land land at Coolangatta is a critical next step for Collie, to make this town as attractive as possible for major projects.” (Premier WA) “This commitment today will help to secure Collie’s future as an industry hub, putting its skilled workforce to best use and setting up

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Trevor Whittington January 16, 2025
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$7.2 Billion for new Kwinana Port – is enough to leave the MUA on the Freo Docks

“Delaying action on Westport is a risk to our economy. Without Westport, the cost of everything will go up, and we will be reliant on road and rail from the eastern states – hurting households, businesses and the economy. (Cook) “A world-class container port in Kwinana is critical for our State to remain a global economic and industrial powerhouse, and for the future prosperity of all Western Australians. (Premier WA). It’s clear that Cook will

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Trevor Whittington January 15, 2025
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Firearms Reform in WA – Has it Missed the Mark

This piece emerged from an extended dialogue with the Minister for Police (WA) regarding the new firearms regulations released just before Christmas. I revised my original opinion article to incorporate the Minister’s direct responses, as they address many of the key concerns raised during the reform process. This article appears in The Farm Weekly 9/1/25. Trevor: Some would claim the Western Australian Government’s attempt to reform the State’s 1973 Firearms Act has been nothing short of a political

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Trevor Whittington January 7, 2025
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