The closure of the Rocklea Spinning Mills, under pressure from cheap imports, has cost hundreds of jobs in Victoria and Queensland. Brian Handley looks into the issue. The dire situation at Rocklea Spinning Mills in Moe must be viewed in the wider context of economic philosophy and the policies adopted and imposed by both the…
TRUST is a non-affiliated alliance of individuals who uphold the equal worth and dignity of each human person; and who promote palliative and other supportive measures that assist people to live with illness, incapacity and dying. We therefore oppose euthanasia. TRUST was prompted into existence by the Euthanasia legislation in the Northern Territory, and the…
As a sign of the serious crisis in the sugar industry, soon locally manufactured cane harvesters and components may no longer exist in Australia. In the 1980s, the sugar cane industry used to buy about 300 new harvesters annually. In the 1990s, that dropped to about 160 sales per annum. Over the past six years,…
Scientists predict that there is a significant possibility that the world’s banana industry will be wiped out by diseases within a decade. Australia could become the major world supplier of bananas, but local growers are very concerned that Biosecurity Australia, which has already watered down quarantine restrictions on Philippines pineapples and mangoes, will do the…