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ENERGY: Ethanol needed for new fuel, engine standards

Energy & EnvironmentFebruary 26, 2005

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 engine energy burn, or octane rating, of a vehicle. Even countries like the Philippines and Thailand are operating on the Euro 3 standard. The new standard will require alternative additives to boost the octane rating of petrol. The Federal Government also has an agreement with…

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BOOKS: THE NEW AGRARIAN MIND, by Allan Carlson

UncategorizedFebruary 12, 2005

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…

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NATIONAL AFFAIRS: Top free-market think-tank warns of ‘banana republic’

National AffairsFebruary 12, 2005

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 Economics director Chris Richardson the day before the launch. “It will take longer than markets realise to rein in a current account deficit in the ‘banana republic’ range.” He said that debt levels, high imports and poor export levels were creating an unsustainable situation. In…

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AGRICULTURE: Getting rural policy on track

Rural AffairsJanuary 8, 2005

Australian farmers on average receive the lowest farm-gate prices for their products in the developed world. Australian consumers on average benefit from farmers supplying the lowest-priced food to food-processors and retailers in the developed world. Australian farmers supply food and fibre to the biggest sector of Australian manufacturing industry. Australian farmers make up just 4 per cent of the population, but with three-to-five jobs beyond the farm gate, about 16 per cent of the population depend on rural industries. Australian agriculture constitutes the third highest productivity growth sector of the economy. So, why is the farm sector suffering? To answer…

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