John Howard has warned his party of complacency as it would take only the loss of eight seats to lose government, following a Federal electorate redistribution. His vulnerability is on domestic economic issues, in the absence of any major security threat to Australia. This stems from the 25 year destruction of Australian industries that has…
The photos of the Murray River at the Swan Hill bridge (below) show the river in 2003 during the worst drought in 100 years, and the river during the drought of 1914. The difference is stark. The dams, locks and weirs that were built over the past 80 years mean that today the river is…
“Twenty years ago, if a local dairy farmer was in trouble, we would all chip in and help him out. Today the attitude is, let’s sit back and let him go under; one of us will get his farm, another his cattle and another his dairy. As a result, the once remarkable community life of…
Farmers in the Murray Darling Basin face a man-made permanent drought if the Federal and State Governments proceed with proposals to cut farmers’ water rights for environmental river flows, as contained in the Murray Darling Basin Commission (MDBC) Living Murray proposals”, according to Neil Eagle, a leading water expert and prominent citrus grower from Barham…