Tag Archives: Murray Darling
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
9,000 Rural Jobs to Go in Kevin Rudd & Penny Wong Water Buyback Scheme.
Intended or unintended the consequences of Kevin Rudd & Penny Wongs Twynam 240 gig, $303 million water buyback are already emerging. From todays Australian Newspaper The head of Australia’s oldest… Read more
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
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
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
GDP Contracts 0.5% – Thanks For Wasting Our $10 billion says Barnaby Joyce
Leader of the Nationals in the Senate Barnaby Joyce [pictured] writes: ***** The exam results are in and show negative growth of 0.5 per cent. Not surprisingly it has become… Read more
Penny Wong’s Toorale Station Water PR Stunt Angers Bourke Residents
Shadow Minister for Agriculture, John Cobb [pictured] writes, ***** Being the Local Member for the town of Bourke NSW I’m demanding to know how the Minister for Water and Climate… Read more
Xenophon – Wong Hiding Murray Darling Audit Report
Independent Senator Nick Xenophon [pictured] writes: ***** The government must immediately release the results of a full audit of all water in the Murray-Darling Basin. In August last year I… Read more
Emissions Trading Scheme Will Hike Food Prices And Slash Exports
The Rudd governments Carbon Sink legislation is designed to promote the planting of of carbon forests on Agricultural land. The Carbon Sink legislation is a vital plank of the ETS… Read more
Food Shortages in Australia Due to Anti-Farmer Free Trade & Environment Policies
Our current Australian anti-farmer policies coupled with a population that grows by 1 person net each 1.3 seconds will lead us to a point within 40 years where we will… Read more
