Property rights seconded by land police

Posted: 3/11/2008 | Increasingly governments are 'picking winners' and disregarding traditional property rights when it comes to enforcing changes in land use that too often suit a political agenda rather than a practical one. |

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World turns true believers upside down

Posted: 6/10/2008 | In journalism there is nothing worse than interviewing someone with TB - True Believerism. But the rapidly changing world is turning traditional ideology upside down, leaving TB sufferers supporting a brand and not a belief. |

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The political shake up gathers steam

Posted: 8/09/2008 | A major shake up of the political landscape in Australia is gathering steam, with the weekend's election results set to have major ramifications at both State and Federal level for all parties. |

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Future for young farmers not what it used to be

Posted: 3/09/2008 | They say those who can do and those who can't teach, but in the current economic climate for agriculture, it could well be a future of young people who 'can' having to settle for providing services to agribusiness corporations rather than doing it themselves. |

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Buy back the water licences; then what happens Mr Rudd?

Posted: 17/08/2008 | The Federal Government has bolstered the cash available to buy back water licences, the greens have published their wishlist of properties to be targeted, and the drought has more farmers than ever classing themselves as 'willing sellers'. But after the water is gone, has anyone wondered what happens next? |

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Voter unrest starts to bite Labor

Posted: 11/08/2008 | Western Australian Premier Alan Carpenter should be feeling nervous after a voter backlash almost stripped Labor of power in the Northern Territory - the first sign that voter unrest is about to break Labor's strangehold on the States. |

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ACCC misses the price point

Posted: 6/08/2008 | The ACCC's grocery price inquiry - and the mainstream media's reporting of it - has missed the point that farmers have been making: while grocery prices are going up, farmgate prices often are not. So what is happening in between? |

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Truck strike a good point badly communicated

Posted: 30/07/2008 | There is strong public sympathy for the plight of truck drivers, but the bitter rivalry between trucking lobby groups meant the message behind this week's strike was lost in the noise. |

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Pardon my WTO scepticism

Posted: 21/07/2008 | Tariff barriers to be lowered and farm subsidies cut - a dream outcome for Australian primary producers, but the world only has one last chance to achieve the negotiating breakthrough. Pardon my cynicism, but we've heard it all before. |

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