When the Federal Government announced a $444 million package for the sugar industry last year prior to the federal election, it was to include two sustainability payments to “help farmers through a transition phase towards reform”, a re-establishment grant to those wanting to exit the industry, and an intergenerational package to assist transfer of the…
Australia has had one of the lowest fuel emission standards in the developed world. For the first time in 2006, Australia is to have a national fuel standard called Euro 3, which will require a reduction in the aromatics – like toluene, benzene and xylene – in engine fuel. These additives in fuel boost the…
How families flourish THE NEW AGRARIAN MIND:The Movement Toward Decentralist Thought in Twentieth-Century AmericaBy Allan Carlson Transaction Publishers, Paperback RRP: $59.95Available from News Weekly Books Allan Carlson’s work should be loudly acclaimed by all those fighting for the family against the powerfully corrosive secular mass culture of the past century. It identifies the key elements…
Australia is at risk of becoming a “banana republic,” one of Australia’s leading economic consultancies has warned. Access Economics, a major free-market think-tank close to the Liberal Party, has warned in a report, launched on January 24, that Australia’s current account deficit is pushing Australia into “banana republic” range. “OK, it’s panic-button time,” declared Access…