The collapse of Timbercorp and Great Southern is at least partly the consequence of the Howard Government’s attempts to regain control of agricultural managed investment schemes.
Agriculture
Adding anti-biotics to our animals
Humans limit their intake of anti-biotics because we know overuse creates resistant superbugs. So why do we let Big Agribusiness pump livestock full of them? asks Nicholas Kristof.
Calculating the cost of water: catchments, fires and global warming
What is catchment management, asks Lionel Elmore.
Rust disease threatens to infect world’s wheat supply
Scientists from 40 countries on six continents are fighting a virulent form of an old wheat disease that some fear could threaten 90 percent of the world’s wheat crop.
ETS sleeper: the government’s deforestation scam
The Rudd Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is riddled with rorts, writes Andrew Macintosh.
The destruction of Australia’s most productive food bowl
Australia’s most productive agricultural region, the Liverpool Plains in North-West NSW, is under siege from BHP Billiton and coal and gas companies, writes Rosemary Nankivell.
Surging rice prices add to food inflation pain
Food inflation shows no sign of easing with rice, the world’s most important staple, becoming swept up in the maelstrom of falling stocks, rising demand and soaring prices, reports Glenn Dyer.
Richard Farmer’s political bite-sized meaty chunks
Canberra’s new man of influence … Cash for trash at Family First … Getting good at this … First hand experience … The Daily Reality Check … The Pick of this Morning’s Political Coverage …
MacCormack: Nats stick to the script, shameless pork handouts ensue
Unlike the Liberals, the Nationals are honest about their shameless rorting of public policy in favour of a minority interest, writes David MacCormack.
Making hay in the dry: farmers turn water into profit
The big dry is increasing the value of water and there are some big, big winners, writes Lionel Elmore.
Why are farmers more important than any other business?
The government can’t make it rain, but the cashed-up Commonwealth can make it rain money. What we really need is more efficient agriculture.
