OPINION: No sex please, we're farmers
One of my uncles actually began the family diaspora. The useless git simply could not stand in the middle
On-farm
15 MAR 2012
OPINION: Head to the left and cough!
The old Whacker's been somewhat reluctant, let alone embarrassed, to bring this up. But at a field day
On-farm
13 MAR 2012
OPINION: Business going right down the septic tank
What was it about the Yanks that my old dad used to say during the war? That's right. They're overpaid,
On-farm
02 MAR 2012
OPINION: Vote 1 Whacker!
For mine, politicians are not much better than stud breeders. Can't get to them when you want them, and
On-farm
24 FEB 2012
OPINION: Joe must go!
Now correct me if I am wrong. And as most of you would be all too well aware, the last time I was wrong
On-farm
17 FEB 2012
OPINION: You think you've got problems
JIM Stynes stepped down as Melbourne Football Club president last week.
On-farm
07 FEB 2012
OPINION: I think I can, I think I can...
Way back when my old dad first started farming, owning his own tractor seemed the stuff of dreams. Of
On-farm
03 FEB 2012
OPINION: Reds under our beds! Strike me pink!
When I was about knee-high to a grasshopper the bogeyman was the Russians. Those pesky Soviets were
On-farm
27 JAN 2012
OPINION: Carbon tax a black day for the bush
There was a time when I thought I had the potential to be a great writer. Albeit of fiction. My most
On-farm
20 JAN 2012
OPINION: Left with a funny taste in my mouth
From the get-go I don't want you getting me mixed up. I am one of those guys who love shopping. Supermarket
On-farm
13 JAN 2012
OPINION: God save our memories
My bucket list is long. It is also varied (or for the educated amongst us, eclectic). And very expensive.
On-farm
06 JAN 2012
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
23 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
16 DEC 2011
OPINION: You poor old buggers
If you can't teach an old dog new tricks, farming is stuffed.
On-farm
09 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
02 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
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