OPINION: It all fell, or felt, flat
Do you remember the sponge? Soft, so soft, and in our family usually vanilla, and lashings of cream with
On-farm
22 DEC 2011
OPINION: Dial M for Murder
As a parent, or in my case parent and grandparent, the nightmare is always going to be that call in the
On-farm
15 DEC 2011
OPINION: You poor old buggers
If you can't teach an old dog new tricks, farming is stuffed.
On-farm
08 DEC 2011
OPINION: Please sir, can I have some more?
America has become the most sophisticated Third World economy on the planet. According to documentaries
On-farm
01 DEC 2011
OPINION: Canberra's carbon cash cow (or how we got milked - again)
As kids we never had a money tree in our backyard. Not even hidden away in one of the back paddocks,
On-farm
24 NOV 2011
OPINION: Grandad, the Pope and our percentile problems
MY OLD grandad Frank was notorious in our family for stretching the longbow.
On-farm
17 NOV 2011
OPINION: It's a stinking mess
Is it any wonder us poor cockies are developing a bit of a siege mentality. What with governments telling
On-farm
11 NOV 2011
OPINION: Digging a hole of disaster
Have you heard the one about the airline, the miners, Canberra and the farmers? Probably not. Because
On-farm
03 NOV 2011
OPINION: Croppers come a cropper - what's new?
I forget which one of those scientific brainiacs came up with it – maybe Newton (the weirdo with the
On-farm
28 OCT 2011OPINION: Get off our land - and stay off it
Coal seam gas. Three words that stink, right across rural areas of the eastern seaboard. When they
On-farm
21 OCT 2011OPINION: It all smells fishy to me
If it wasn't so serious it would be hilarious. First Coles tries to tear the dairy industry apart.
On-farm
14 OCT 2011OPINION: It just don't add up
(or how the dollar makes absolutely no cents – economically speaking) I hate economists. They're right
On-farm
07 OCT 2011
OPINION: Get serious about bushfire season
Fair bloody dinkum. It's September and the Christmas decorations are already going up in the shops.
On-farm
29 SEP 2011OPINION: Rural water tax on the nose
If you're an irrigator I hope you can hold a tune. Such as whistling Dixie. Because and let's call
On-farm
22 SEP 2011OPINION: Stepping it out - the hard way
Here's the wake up call of all wake up calls. My harvester is in better shape than me. How do I know
On-farm
15 SEP 2011OPINION: Hearing is believing - not always
It took me a long time to work it out. That my old man took untold pleasure, for too many years, in
On-farm
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