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The severe impact of the drought on Australian farms has been confirmed by the 2006-07 agricultural figures, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The report shows that sheep and lamb numbers dropped to their lowest level in over 80 years. Major crops fell to less than half the previous year’s production. However, Continue Reading →
“The current debate over (reducing) the GST component on fuel prices is not logical†Mr. Crosby said.
“Removing the GST component affects finances at the state level,†he said.
“But federal finances are those most capable of absorbing the reduction in revenue, so it makes sense to cut the excise, not the GST component, to bring immediate relief.
“The Federal Government does not need the revenue from fuel excise and its removal would be anti-inflationary.
Australian Greens climate change spokesperson, Senator Christine Milne, today called on all parties in Parliament and the media to stop focussing on leaks and 2 cent price reductions and get behind a comprehensive strategy to address Australia’s transport crisis.
Senator Milne said, “Australians sitting out there in traffic congestion today will be really frustrated that Canberra is so obsessed with who leaks what to whom and when, rather than addressing what this nation is going to do to fix the transport mess.
“When the Fuel Watch legislation reaches the Senate, we will consider all the evidence and make a judgement based on whether there is a risk that the program might make Australians worse off, since it is so clear that it would barely make anyone better off.
Peak Oil analyst, Rupert Edwards, predicts that small, family run, organic farms will dominate agriculture in the future as the cost of inputs for agribusiness increase, and transport prices eliminate the advantages of scale and international trade.
His upgraded graph outlining real oil costs is displayed here.
Updating his long term implications of Peak Oil with the latest data, he has also predicted the localisation of war and the use of Electromagnetic Shocks to wipe out communications infrastructure of nations engaged in war.
When North Coast Santa Gertrudis breeder, Rob Sinnamon, won last year’s prestigious NSW Farmer of the Year competition, he unwittingly highlighted two important, yet often under-recognised, factors of modern-day agricultural success.
One: You don’t have to own a farm to be a leader in the farming game.
Two: It takes a united, committed team, where everybody’s role is respected, to make a farming venture a success.
Mr Sinnamon, and his wife, Lorraine, manage the 6000-head commercial beef and stud operation Yulgilbar Station at Baryulgil, near Grafton.
From The Land Victorian egg producers have warned that egg prices will have to rise if fuel costs continue to soar. The Victorian Farmers Federation Egg Group president, Brian Ahmed, said rising fuel prices were eating into egg producers’ earnings. Mr Ahmed said the egg industry was already a victim of the factors leading to Continue Reading →