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Australia’s Priority To Save The Environment Not Food Production

Australia’s Priority To Save The Environment Not Food Production

In an article from international news agency Reuters yesterday the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization said: “The world will have to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to… Read more »

Water Buyback Killing Towns, Threatening Food Security

Water Buyback Killing Towns, Threatening Food Security

Federal Water Minister Penny Wong’s water buyback scheme is devastating drought ravaged rural Australia and threatening our national food security. From todays Sydney Telegraph. “Once-thriving rural communities are being devastated… Read more »

You Can’t Grow Food Without Water – Murray River Dairy Farmers in Crisis

You Can’t Grow Food Without Water – Murray River Dairy Farmers in Crisis

Murray Darling Basin Dairy farmer Shane Spunner writes: ***** Whatever irrigation water that is available in the Murray River basin is that expensive that with the current milk price ,… Read more »

Petitioning Rural Press – How Bad Have Things Got?

Petitioning Rural Press – How Bad Have Things Got?

Things are bad when you have to almost raise a petition to get a rural press reporter to cover an issue. Just received this amazing email from Agmate Peter Cannon:… Read more »

Murray-Darling needs more storage, not fewer licences

Murray-Darling needs more storage, not fewer licences

Agmates member David Boyd writes: . THERE seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding of the cause of our record low river flows, particularly in the Murray/Darling; and buying back water… Read more »

Purchase of Twynam Water Will Create a Permanent Rudd made Drought In Rural Australia

Purchase of Twynam Water Will Create a Permanent Rudd made Drought In Rural Australia

Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, John Cobb writes: . The Rudd Government’s war on Regional Australia is intensifying with the news that the Rudd Government has purchase 240… Read more »

John Brumbys North-South Pipeline – Tophers Unpopular View

John Brumbys North-South Pipeline – Tophers Unpopular View

Chris ‘Topher’ Field gives both barrels to John Brumby and Tim Holding’s very CLEVER North — South pipeline. “We have an un-elected premier building a pipeline we voted against which… Read more »

Nick Xenophon Calls for Immediate Federal Government Take-Over of The Murray Darling River System

Nick Xenophon Calls for Immediate Federal Government Take-Over of The Murray Darling River System

Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon writes: . A decision by the Victorian Government to abandon a 10% limit on the amount of Murray-Darling water that can be traded… Read more »

Put Those Bludging Rivers to Work – Video

Put Those Bludging Rivers to Work – Video

Posted by Agmates member John Mikko [pictured] : . A few weeks ago I wrote an article asking why some of the stimulus money to be spent on infrastructure projects… Read more »

News Flash – Farmers Are Not The Centre Of The Universe

News Flash – Farmers Are Not The Centre Of The Universe

Northern Territory grazier Rashida Khan [pictured] writes: ***** The average person only reads the info that’s right in their face. That’s how elections are won (or lost) and products sell…. Read more »