As farmers struggle to recover from the drought, wheat-growers need stability and certainty, something the wheat single selling-desk provides. Patrick J. Byrne reports. If the Federal Government wants to either remove the single selling-desk for export wheat from AWB or abolish the desk, it will have to also protect the commercial interests of Australian farmers.…
The world is facing a global flu epidemic which would affect every country, including Australia, a senior US Health official Eric Hargan told a conference in Sydney recently. “If the H5N1 [flu] strain were to develop into a human-to-human transmissible strain, no one would have immunity,” he said. “And if it retained its terrible level…
Although on the right track, the Federal Government’s approach to education is too bureaucratic, writes Kevin Donnelly. It’s hard to criticise the raft of budget initiatives directed at school education. After all, many of the programs – including literacy and numeracy vouchers, giving bonuses to those schools that raise standards and re-skilling teachers – are directed…
Family First has been fighting for the Howard Government to make commonsense changes to its workplace laws, writes Senator Steve Fielding. Senator Steve Fielding. Family First took a strong stand against the Howard Government’s workplace changes from day one. In fact, our first media release, issued in July 2005, was entitled “What about meal breaks…
