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25.01.2022 Timber Queensland has issued its wish list for whoever will form the next government of Qld. " The timber and forest products industry generates $3.8 billion each year and supports around 25,000 jobs, mostly in regional areas, Timber Queensland CEO Mick Stephens said. More jobs are generated in downstream sectors such as timber fabrication which feeds into the construction industry that employs 230,000 Queenslanders and contributes $30 billion to State economic activity.... Every five minutes in Queensland, the plantation softwood industry grows enough wood to build another timber framed home. This is less time than having a cup of coffee. This makes it an incredibly renewable industry. Timber Queensland has identified five broad policy areas for Government to act: resource security; regional industry development; building and construction sector procurement; environmental recognition and innovation and research. By focusing on these areas, Government could create an investment environment for industry to generate an extra $300 million in output and create over 2000 additional jobs. " Read more: https://www.timberbiz.com.au/queensland-forestry-could-gen/

23.01.2022 Prevention is always better than a cure, especially if there is little satisfactory cure available. Left in via Qld early this year, the fall armyworm has lost no time to now been found in the southern wheatbelt of Western Australia. Elders Toowoomba technical services manager Maree Crawford is quoted in this article. "In the northern regions, fall armyworm would be a year-round challenge but she said outbreaks would be limited to summertime further south.... This pest is a serious threat to some crops and there is a tendency for growers and advisors to overuse synthetic pyrethroids up front and this approach is not proving successful, Ms Crawford said. Elders agronomists address fall armyworm outbreaks in a very structured way using an integrated pest management approach based on the individual circumstances. You have to take a lot of factors into account, like the weather, the lifecycle stage, the crop species and its risk profile, and the extent of the infestation. Ms Crawford said the greatest challenge was to get adequate coverage of the larvae with pesticides because they burrowed deep into plant, increasing the risk of chemical resistance. For that reason, as well as their devastating impact on beneficial insect populations, Ms Crawford advised against blanket applications of synthetic pyrethroids. If you nuke everything, you’re not going to have the beneficials to clean up new egg lays and hatchings underneath the leaf where your sprays have failed to reach all the fall armyworms, she said. Where people have tried a total knockdown approach, we’re seeing them back there in big numbers in as little as 14 to 21 days, depending on temperature and day length. " https://www.rural-leader.com.au//serious-threat-kill-all-n

23.01.2022 Governments respond to numbers. People who live locally generally know what a government seeks to impose on them is necessary or will work. Banning bees in Noosa backyards was an overreach & it has been reversed. Note that in an urban area there is a large population who all directly elect that local government. The difference is that when State government imposes onerous legislation to people in regional areas, that greatly impact on either the fishing, forestry or farming sectors, the majority of people who elect the government live far away. Because of a lack of association & constant misinformation the majority of the States population are mislead to its need. https://www.abc.net.au//bees-beekeeping-ban-noosa/12878096

23.01.2022 Dr Julie Delforce, the mother of Aussie Farms founder Chris Delforce, resigned as a a senior sector specialist with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s (DFAT) agricultural productivity and food security division after The Weekly Times revealed Dr Delforce was the co-owner of at least five animal activist websites that sought donations to fund farm trespass and livestock theft, and the co-owner of web company Sozo Production, which designed and registered website dom...ains for animal activist groups. Beforehand DFAT failed to uncover these links during a previous month-long internal investigation. Now months later DFAT is refusing to hand over material in a Freedom of Information (FOI) request. "The Weekly Times submitted a Freedom of Information request in May this year and DFAT accepted payment and began to process the request in August. The FOI request came after DFAT refused to answer questions about the investigation’s findings, including about the department’s internal investigation processes that failed and howthe employee, Dr Julie Delforce, was sanctioned before subsequently resigning. After numerous DFAT requests for extensions to the FOI deadline, the regulator, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, rejected DFAT’s latest request earlier this month citing that the FOI request was not sufficiently complex to justify granting more time. But the department has ignored correspondence about the whereabouts of the FOI and The Weekly Times has been forced to apply for an Information Commissioner review. The OAIC said that the allocation to a review officer may take up to 12 months. " * BTW - Aussie Farms changed its name to the Farm Transparency Project, however the organisation remains identical, with the same executive director and the same objectives targeting the animal agriculture industry. https://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au//7eeebbb221f3cbdf59e1492

22.01.2022 Dr Peter Ridd continues to lend his scientific weight and support to Queensland's Farmers. When science is used as a basis of political party policy and government legislation, it goes without saying that the establishment of an Office of Science Quality Assurance for much more vigorous assessment is needed. https://www.facebook.com/farmersunitedqld/posts/124893872678194

22.01.2022 Diet Coke has been given a health star rating higher than fresh orange juice by the Food Regulation Forum, comprising ministers from every Australian state and territory who met to review the rating. "BOTH Mr Littleproud and Citrus Australia's Mr Hancock took particularly aim at the Western Australian, Victorian and Queensland governments. "These states reap the reward of strong citrus growing sectors, who provide financial and social benefits to rural and regional communitie...s," Mr Hancock said. "These family operations received no support from their state governments, who deferred to their health departments that had a laser-like focus on one element of juice. " Read more: https://www.goodfruitandvegetables.com.au//juice-stays-rat

22.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association post. Please enjoy the GULL's perspective on managing sharks.

21.01.2022 THE CREAM RISES TO THE TOP Providing a bright spot at the back end of a turbulent year, Bega Cheese has emerged from a week-long trading halt announcing the purchase Lion Dairy and Drinks from Japan's Kirin. The deal to be complete by January for $534 million, will see "Lion, the owner of Pura Milk, Dare iced coffee, Vitasoy, Yoplait yoghurt and Australia's largest national cold supply chain network, will fall into Australian hands."... "In November last year, Kirin had lined up a $600 million deal with China's Mengniu Dairy, however, the deal was blocked on national interest grounds by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg." "Bega Cheese sources fresh milk from suppliers around southern New South Wales and throughout northern and south-west Victoria. The acquisition of Lion expands that to include farmers in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania and south-east Queensland. Bega announced an opening farmgate milk price of $6.75 kilograms per milk solids (kg/MS), while Lion's Victorian suppliers were offered $6.52 kg/MS." #greenshirtsmovementQLD https://www.abc.net.au//bega-cheese-to-buy-lion-/12910480

21.01.2022 The wheels are turning very slowly for the ACCC to approve a logo to be a guide for customers that a milk product displaying this logo is paying a fair price to farmers. https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au//waiting-game-beg Sarah Ferguson, Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation marketing and communications manager writes:... "The Fair Go Dairy logo, when used on packaging and marketing, will assist consumers to identify brands that are paying farmers a Sustainable and Fair Farmgate Price (SFFP). As part of the ongoing process to launch the Fair Go Dairy logo scheme, QDO has undergone the lengthy and costly exercise of applying for authorisation under the ACCC. The authorisation process allows the ACCC to review the Fair Go Dairy logo scheme, including its methodology, to ensure that it will not breach any of the competition provisions in the Competition and Consumer Act. The process also allows supporters and detractors of the scheme to voice their opinions. While it is unusual for a simple registered logo to be subjected to such extensive scrutiny, a logo promoting a SFFP on an agricultural end-product will break new ground, so we appreciate that it requires significant and thorough investigation. QDO's two years of shopper research showed that consumers want to be able to choose a brand that supports their farmers sustainably and fairly; and by support, they want to see it transparently in the price the farmers get paid."

20.01.2022 Dr Jennifer Marohasy spoke at one of the Mythbuster seminars during Beef 2021, last week. This is a very good newspaper report of the talk, however there is one inaccuracy. Where the article below states, "one of the current methods of assessing reef health, drone imagery from 150 metres above sea level, was not effective" should have been flying a light plane at 150 metres. The mix up occurred because during this part of the presentation Dr Marohasy was showing a PowerPoint photo taken from a drone illustrating it is impossible to assess reef health from this height.

19.01.2022 Cameron Dicks budget was handed down today. It should have been handed down well before the Qld election. Revealed is a debt predicted in this budget to reach $130 billion. Opposition leader David Crisafulli has pointed out that the Palaszczuk government in the election campaign promised new borrowings will not exceed $4 billion. The budget today reveals that new borrowings will be $28 billion. From the article linked below Cameron Dick is quoted as saying, "We're not going ...to cut the frontline and our public servants" But at the end of the article there is an interesting definition for frontline public servants that includes "frontline support roles." With this loose definition 91.25 per cent of public servants enjoy this status. * "Queensland's public service wages bill will reach more than $26 billion this year, as the Palaszczuk government considers scrapping a key measure designed to keep a lid on costs. The public sector's wages will cost an extra $742 million this financial year compared with what was forecast in the last budget. The Queensland government expects to spend $64 billion this year and almost half of that will be spent on employee and superannuation costs." Read more: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au//queensland-public-servic

19.01.2022 Completely unacceptable! "Telstra is facing fines of up to $50 million after admitting it took advantage of vulnerable Indigenous customers by signing them up to mobile phone contracts they didn’t understand and couldn’t afford. Telstra has admitted it breached Australian consumer law and that sales staff at the stores in the Northern Territory, South Australia and Western Australia acted unconscionably.... In some cases, sales staff didn’t give a proper explanation of financial risks and lied that some products were free. Staff also faked credit assessments to ensure customers would be eligible for the contracts, all of which were signed by people on the day they visited stores. This case exposes extremely serious conduct which exploited social, language, literacy and cultural vulnerabilities of these Indigenous consumers, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission Chair Rod Sims said. Even though Telstra became increasingly aware of elements of the improper practices by sales staff at Telstra licensed stores over time, it failed to act quickly enough to stop it, Mr Sims said." https://inqld.com.au//not-happy-jan-telco-firms-lashed-ove

18.01.2022 #LaborGreensLAST #qldpol " Premier Palaszczuk’s exact words when the Wide Bay extension was announced were: ‘The reality is the timber industry can’t go on forever and we’re not going to sugar coat that’. " Timber is one of the most sustainable resources under good forest management. It can go on forever, with the supporting government policy settings.... Good post below by the member for Mirani https://www.facebook.com/StephenAndrewMP/posts/2673953549488007

18.01.2022 It's called being arrested for breaking the law. Good on the Qld police fro obtaining the intell that these radical livestock farming protesters were going to target farms somewhere and getting quickly to farm these idiots decided to terrorise and trespass, taking action straight away to arrest them. Serial pest Arkadiusz Swiebodzinski from Direct Action Everywhere and Meat The Victims laments that it has become harder to undertake a delusional invasion of a family farm & hom...e - They were there before we got there, they anticipated us there, we’re talking probably at least 15 police officers, many of them were undercover, We‘re just getting charged left, right and centre for anything they can find on us, really, * Oh the poor possum As our regular readers of this page have been made aware, the performance of this current Qld ALP Palaszczuk government leaves little to be desired. But on this occasion we have to say that they have made an improvement. From the article again. " Last year, Queensland Agricultural Minister Mark Furner introduced new laws to crack down on animal rights zealots invading farms in illegal protests. One of those laws allows police and agriculture department officials to issue on the spot fines, which is a faster penalty than pursing trespass charges. Qld police is pursuing trespass charges. The cops confirmed the two activists arrested on Monday have been charged with trespass and issued infringement notices for allegedly breaching a biosecurity order." https://www.news.com.au///a261fc1105d51e6c5c53eec709369e86

17.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association psst. The problems with VMS are there for all to see.

15.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association post. Qld commercial fishers are facing an industry-destroying fight with the State government. Please support us by signing the petition: https://www.georgechristensen.com.au/fight-for-our-fishos

14.01.2022 Did you know... Cotton is known for its versatility, performance and natural comfort. Cotton’s strength and absorbency makes it an ideal fabric to make clothes ...and homewares, and industrial products like tarpaulins, tents, hotel sheets, army uniforms and even astronauts’ inflight space suits. Cotton fibre can be woven or knitted into fabrics including velvet, corduroy, chambray, velour, jersey and flannel. Cotton can be used to create dozens of different fabric types for a range of end-uses, including blends with other natural fibres like wool, and synthetic fibres like polyester. In addition to textile products like underwear, socks and t-shirts, cotton is also used in fishnets, coffee filters, tents, book binding and archival paper. Linters are the very short fibres that remain on the cottonseed after ginning, and are used to produce goods such as bandages, swabs, bank notes, cotton buds and x-rays. The cotton lint from one 227kg bale can produce 215 pairs of denim jeans, 250 single bed sheets, 750 shirts, 1,200 t-shirts, 3,000 nappies, 4,300 pairs of socks, 680,000 cotton balls, or 2,100 pairs of boxer shorts. --- Cotton is a food and a fibre crop. Cottonseed, which makes up around half the weight of the picked cotton, is fed to cattle and crushed to make oil. One tonne of cotton seed yields approximately 200kg of oil, 500kg of cotton seed meal and 300kg of hulls. Cottonseed oil is cholesterol free, high in polyunsaturated fats and contains high levels of anti-oxidants (vitamin E), which contribute to its long shelf life. This cotton seed oil is used for cooking and in products like soap, margarine, emulsifiers, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, rubber and plastics. The by-product of the oil-extraction process is meal, which is used as stock feed. Cotton seed meal is a high protein meal that can be fed to most animals. Cotton seed hulls are also a valuable feed source for livestock. Global cotton seed production can potentially provide protein requirements for hundreds of millions of people and animals. READ MORE https://cottonaustralia.com.au/uses-of-cotton

14.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association post A slightly longer discussion with Chris Thompson from Law Essentials. The issue we discuss today is regulations regarding where we can land our catch. This legislation is an answer to a problem that does not exist. As industry we have been forced to adopt vessel tracking like convicted criminals. In this circumstance, why the need for a change in the location we land our catch?... Potential concerns for commercial fishers in include: safety issues (weather and fatigue) and increased operating expenses (fuel and damage to catch). The safety issues raised in the podcast are unacceptable as is the conflict of State regulations that seem to (1) contravene State fisheries legislation and (2) national vessel safety legislation. The situation created by poorly thought through legislation could endanger commercial fishers and crew and generate so much extra expenses that the longevity of our businesses are at stake.

13.01.2022 "It is a trend eating away at Labor in the regions. The party of the labour movement, of Barcaldine, of the Tree of Knowledge has become a party almost entirely of suburbia. So urbanised has Labor become that, if you exclude the giant Northern Territory electorate Lingiari, its other 67 seats [Federal] only cover about 150,000sq km. That equates to just over 3 per cent of Australia’s habitable regions or about two-thirds of Victoria. It wouldn’t even fill the small African ...nation of Tunisia." * "The ALP’s shift to the political left and commitment to its climate change agenda play well in some of the nation’s inner-city enclaves but in the Hunter one of Labor’s heartland electorates many blue-collar acolytes have turned their backs on the party that has been in their blood for generations. Retired coalminer Alan Gray has been a Labor member since 1980, and is blunt in his assessment of the party he has supported and trusted his entire adult life. We have lost a bit of our grassroots, Mr Gray said. What (veteran Labor member) Joel (Fitzgibbon) has said is spot on: we are not listening. Mr Gray said Labor frontbencher Mark Dreyfus was wrong to call Mr Fitzgibbon out of step with the community on the issue of climate change. It is the other way around. It might be the view of the inner part of Melbourne, Mr Gray said, but Joel’s stance and what he is saying is pretty well how the people feel. " https://www.theaustralian.com.au//4d77f09198495673be4339dc

13.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association post. A reform process should not mean undermining industry and this article from South Australia suggests government and fisheries management in Queensland can do so much better.

13.01.2022 An Office of Science Review is essential for supporting anything involving major taxpayer spending and public policy. It is perplexing that there are still those who oppose the establishment of such an Office. Surely, if they have complete confidence in the science, they would welcome further antagonistic review to cement their case. Or, perhaps it is a case of being unwilling to "put their money where their mouth is". https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=229347835656433&id=100057436540408

12.01.2022 CSIRO BUGBEAR We completely agree Senator Matthew Canavan and his concerns with statements from the CSIRO, particularly when the CSIRO website states: "We work with livestock farmers and allied industries to improve their productivity, profitability and sustainability through better livestock breeds and management practices."

11.01.2022 Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because another government just before an election got found out with sports rorts does not justify the Qld Palaszczuk government doing the same. Taxpayers expect better and small sporting clubs deserve an even playing field. The Auditor-General looked into the handling of 3,000 sporting grants and found the minister intervened and overruled his department's recommendations on 33 occasions which nearly all were to the benefit of Labor seats. The auditor-general found no document reasons given for the interventions. https://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au//qld-spor/4110274/

11.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association psst. A great example of what real collaboration can do, Commercial fishers and farmers deserve a whole lot better than status quo. A big thanks to the GSM team for their help in getting some key messages out for Queenslanders to consider before 31 October.

11.01.2022 'Who made woke capitalists gods' by Frank Furedi, author, commentator and Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent in England Extracts "For Australian corporations, like their competitors abroad, have decided that going woke is good for business. They are not simply attempting to gain a bigger share of the market but also vying with one another in the woke saviour stakes....Continue reading

11.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association post. A new State Government with the same old partisan funding to keep recreational fishing groups happy. A Bad Joke and Worse State Government - Minister Furner has again demonstrated the ass backward policy focus with investment in recreational fishing experience versus directing assistance for industry development across regional and coastal Queensland.... Quoting the Minister’s press release: The program is particularly interested in applications that contribute to the Sustainable Fisheries Strategy target to increase the satisfaction of recreational fishers, Mr Furner said. Over four years, we’ll be investing $1 million in Recreational Fishing Grants to support learn-to-fish clinics, recreational club activities, restocking and research assistance. Yet another poorly considered expenditure of public funds at a time when building this industry would make more sense. https://statements.qld.gov.au/statements/91075

11.01.2022 'Govt did ‘precious little’ to stop Fraser Island fire' "Furious tour operators have launched a scathing attack on the State Government as bushfires ravage Fraser Island. Mark Robinson, of Drop Bear Adventures, said the devastation could have been prevented but the government "had learnt nothing from its mistakes" with the 2019-20 blazes.... "This is a nightmare, and every other tour operator on the island feels the same," Mr Robinson said. "Why weren't the fires put out sooner? "Now the island has been shut down, having a massive effect on tourism again, not to mention thousands of hectares of burned vegetation and untold loss of wildlife." He said "precious little" had been done by way of preventive measures, such as maintenance of tracks and controlled burning, during the year, and Queensland Wildlife and Parks Service rangers were "severely under-resourced". " https://www.couriermail.com.au//838df83d761ae1fd3f974353da

11.01.2022 Get Up this last week has come under scrutiny of a Federal Parliamentary Hearing for its conduct in the Federal 2019 election. What South Australian Liberal MP Nicole Flint was subjected to in the campaign was deplorable. No candidate from any party should have to tolerate this sort of behaviour. At the time on the Get Up web site was a document training activists to the dark arts of "bird-dogging"; that is find out everywhere that candidate will be in their professional & p...ersonal life and continually harass them. Watch this video: https://www.facebook.com/SkyNewsAustralia/posts/10157812506276728

10.01.2022 Sacred Cow movie is streaming for free this week only, through Nov 30th Have a look & give us your review in the comments section below. www.sacredcow.info/watch

08.01.2022 Great article by Vicki Campion appearing in the TELEGRAPH today 3/10/20. Her perspective of environmental zealots absolving their own guilt by blaming someone else hits home solidly. Enjoy ! GREEN WITH ENVY- When a thousand small guilts can be absolved by blaming! They present as the genteel botanist but behind a pseudonym act more like the officious socialist, kneeling on the pew at the chapel of Twitter wailing for salvation....Continue reading

08.01.2022 Queensland Seafood Industry Association media release - 3 Oct 2020. The fight for commercial fisher rights continues DOWN but not out is the sentiment across the Queensland seafood industry.... ‘This industry never fails to amaze me and just because an incompetent government has released some of the worst fisheries legislation in living memory does not mean the argument or advocacy stops’ said Allan Bobbermen, Chair of the Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA). ‘The industry will be watching the implementation of these draconian reforms by this Government very closely indeed. They passed these reforms without listening to commercial fishers and the industry as a whole. They were intent on passing these reforms no matter what the industry told them and it will be too late down the track to count the cost and the lasting impact on this industry; by then it will be too late to reverse the economic consequences. ‘I have spoken to members and commercial fishers across the State and its particularly important that every day, hardworking Queenslanders expect to have access to fresh local seafood. What we are going to see under these mindless reforms is less local caught seafood, fewer local family owned businesses and a massive influx of investors from the big end of town. ‘This so-called reform process will increase seafood imports as quota managed fisheries cap (with no justification) our ability to fish and utilise a resource that we access on behalf of the community in a sustainable way. ‘This is an industry that knows how to fight because they have been operating under investment warnings meaning commercial fisheries are warned by government that any expansion of fishing effort or increased investment may not be recognised during fisheries reforms. I don’t know what other industry could run their businesses under such a burden for decades. ‘Queenslanders who think that this doesn’t affect them need to read the fine print in the actions of this Government on such a valuable industry; look at their past and current actions to glean an idea of what a future under this Government will look like. Whether we are talking about farmers or commercial fishers this Government chooses to target with its so-called sustainable reforms, there is nothing more certain than this current Government are business and job destroyers’ said Mr Bobbermen. If commercial fishers want to continue the fight and want to know how please contact Lesley Powell at Milburns Law on 0417 256 333 or [email protected]. Additional resources: https://qsia.com.au//MR_Responding-to-Fisheries-Reform_3-O https://qsia.com.au//MR_Industry-Response-to-Reform_30-Sep

07.01.2022 FARMERS UNITED: A proud network of Queensland farmers passionate about growing local, and growing the future of agriculture. https://www.facebook.com/farmersunitedqld/posts/126353225865592

07.01.2022 " A PADDOCK filled with grass and cattle versus silver tanks filled with microbes which is the more appealing farm of the future? While the answer may seem pretty straight forward to anyone involved in livestock production, consumers with little first hand knowledge of agriculture are increasingly being told the latter is the more desirable option, as Dr Rod Polkinghorne explained the digital Livestock 2020 forum hosted by the Southern Australian Livestock Research Council ...last week. * "It is all about money if we can disrupt agriculture and replace a few million ordinary farmers with a few mega corporations and control the whole food market, what a business opportunity. The red meat industry will have to be on its game in its communication with consumers, Dr Polkinghorne said, as the ‘natural product versus Frankenstein food’ debate intensifies. You wouldn’t think it would be too hard to sell the idea that a nice paddock of grass and a happy cow would look a bit better than a bunch of tanks owned by a couple of mega corporations, he said. It might sound like an easy sell, but ensuring consumers with little connection to agriculture get the message is no straight forward task." Read more: https://www.beefcentral.com//farms-of-the-future-why-cattl

06.01.2022 " "Revitalising the image of agriculture among children, presenting it as a career opportunity alongside firefighters, police officers and doctors, will be pivotal to ensuring a sustainable future workforce. "It's not only critical that students are exposed to agriculture during pivotal times in their younger education, but that they are being shown the full spectrum of career prospects available and the diverse benefits and opportunities of a career in Australia's agricultur...al sector." " ********* These are the words of Nuffield Scholar Jamie Heinrich. He may be from South Australia & his study based on the sheep industry but these words ring true for all of Australia and for all primary industry sectors. Before writing his report Jamie Heinrich travelled the world on his Nuffield Scholarship (pre COVID) to find how we here in Australia can do better. In the article it gives this example. "To present a career in the sheep industry and broader agricultural sector as a viable path rich in opportunities, Mr Heinrich said young people needed to be exposed to agriculture early. "Travelling in Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean I met with the founder of WhyFarm Alpha Sennon, who is working to create a new and improved image of 'agri-COOL-ture' among school children," he said. "Mr Sennon and his community run the organisation WhyFarm, through which they've created an agriculture superhero named AgriMan to get kids excited about learning where their food comes from and engaging them in the basics of farming, resulting in great success. " https://www.farmonline.com.au//how-the-sheep-industry-can/

05.01.2022 A lot is said about the use of "chemicals" by farmers in food production. As Farm Babe points out in this info-graphic below what farmers are actually using are pesticides & that itself is an umbrella term. A good proportion of what is said is based on little understanding of prior to release testing of pesticides, the exact measurement of dosage rates, the recording the farmer has to do, the withholding period before any product can be marketed, the statutory declarations th...at have to be signed and the significant penalties for not complying. What then is a chemical? "Chemical Definition (noun) Everything which has mass is a chemical. Anything consisting of matter is a chemical. Any liquid, solid, gas. A chemical includes any pure substance; any mixture. Because this definition of a chemical is so broad, most people consider a pure substance (element or compound) to be a chemical, particularly if it is prepared in a laboratory. Examples of Chemicals Examples of things which are chemicals or consist of them include water, pencil, air, carpet, light bulb, copper, bubbles, baking soda, and salt. Of these examples, water, copper, baking soda, and salt are pure substances (elements or chemical compounds. A pencil, air, carpet, a light bulb, and bubbles consist of multiple chemicals. Examples of things which are not chemicals include light, heat, and emotions." https://www.thoughtco.com/definition-of-chemical-604406

04.01.2022 Chris Green, our GSM National Director of Membership, Cluster Coordination & Fundraising with other GSM members such as David Goodwin and Councillor for Ipswich Russell Milligan joined with volunteers and senators alike to today provide support to Garth Hamilton - LNP for Groom in the Groom by-election. As an organization with a mantra of Good People - Good Policy, we are proud to be represented by Chris, whose passion is second to none, and to have provided support to Garth ...who has supported GSM, and thus the members, people and industries we represent. The constituents of Groom have chosen their representative astutely, congratulations Garth. #greenshirtsmovementQLD

04.01.2022 One scientist, Peter Ridd says that the Great Barrier Reef is resilient and definitely not dying from coral bleaching, though there is a problem with the integrity of the science. A second scientist Terry Hughes has been reported as claiming that the reef is variously 50% dead from coral bleaching as a direct consequence of global warming. Dr Jennifer Marohasy writes "Terry Hughes and Peter Ridd can’t both be right.... How can they have come to such different conclusions regarding the health of the Great Barrier Reef? Is the reef really half dead, or not? Science is not a truth. It is a way of getting to the truth via some method or other that often involves measurement. Sometimes scientists get the method wrong, and so they come up with answers that are also wrong. Sometimes the wrong answer pleases because it is politically correct. Could it be that in surveying by looking out the window of an aeroplane at such a high altitude (150 metres), and then ground truthing only with respect to a particular reef habitat-type known as the ‘reef crescent’, Professor Hughes has inadvertently recorded a wrong answer? " Read more: https://jennifermarohasy.com//measuring-old-corals-coral-r

04.01.2022 Truck drivers who travel the Bruce Highways entire length will be but one group of people who will be glad to see this vision started ASAP. Construction of 1,511 km's over a 15 year period. That is 100 kms of new dual carriage highway every year. The question will be how to pay for it. Those in business will tell you that you can borrow money for something that will make money. Better this than pay for paper being shuffled about or Labor government projects that lock up productivity to keep those alluring green preferences happy. #LaborGreensLAST #qldpol https://www.facebook.com/DebFrecklingtonMP/posts/2886835691416808

04.01.2022 Rural Aid fundraiser concert is being broadcast by Channel 9 tonight (28th Nov) starting 7.30pm. "All proceeds from the concert will help Rural Aid continue their work supporting Australia’s farming families. Your support will provide real assistance to these vulnerable communities, including fresh drinking water, financial assistance, and fodder (hay). Thousands of Australian farmers are still on the road to recovery from the ongoing drought and recent bushfires that have d...evastated their livelihoods. Join us as we show them that they are not forgotten, and that Australia’s continues to care for it’s invaluable farming communities. The concert will be packed with incredible performances by Jimmy Barnes, Birds Of Tokyo, Guy Sebastian, Jessica Mauboy, Vera Blue, Kate Ceberano, Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Dami Im, Casey Donovan, Mick Lindsay, Lee Kernaghan, Isaiah Firebrace, Chris Sebastian, Timothy and Clare Bowen, Travis Collins, Mike Waters and Darlinghurst.It will also include heartfelt stories of farmers who have benefited from Rural Aid’s assistance. " https://www.goodonyamate.org.au/about

03.01.2022 "TABLELANDS dairy farmer James Geraghty was "positive" about Bega's pending purchase of Lion Dairy & Drinks. Just a day after the sale was announced, the Mungalli producer was happy the organisation that operated Malanda's processing plant was "Australian owned again by an experienced" dairy brand. I'm keen to get some indication from Bega where they see the future of the Malanda factory. ... "Do they intend to stay as it is or increase throughput or product range? "If they are planning on making more products that will mean more milk, so farms can grow." Hill MP Shane Knuth said the Bega deal was encouraging for the local dairy industry. "While we acknowledge there is much more to do regarding sustaining the industry, this is a big step in the right direction in reassuring local farmers to continue on in the industry," he said. "And it may encourage others to return to dairy farming on the Tablelands." " https://www.cairnspost.com.au//257e3084a60caeb4b275fa9a481

03.01.2022 MORE POLICE ???? MORE BULL.....

02.01.2022 FY #LaborGreensLAST #qldpol

02.01.2022 One to watch out for on Landline today. Alan is a top bloke & a valuable part of Green Shirts Movement Australia. We are glad that Alan survived the car accident and can turn his passion & skills to helping others in regional Australia. A preview of Alan's story can be seen here: https://www.abc.net.au/.../thinking-about.../12729614... There are some great advocates out there with a practical approach to the problems facing people in regional Australia. Back in July Landline did a story with Mary O'Brien of Are you bogged mate? https://www.facebook.com/areyouboggedmate/posts/3195673053824865

02.01.2022 'Reef science institutions delivering contempt; writes Dr Peter Ridd. Both AIMS and GBRMPA have refused to attend a debate. Peter Ridd informs us that the forum will still go ahead on October 8th at 4.30pm, live streamed on Facebook. "So it needs to be asked: Why won't the two premier GBR organisations debate an issue that is crucial to every farmer in NQ, and because Australian farmers put almost 90pc of all food and drink on our nation's tables, every Australian citizen?... Do they think they are above scrutiny? They have been happy enough to tell the world for the past two decades that farmers are killing the Reef." * "The Senate Inquiry was the first time these organisations had been challenged and asked hard questions. They did not like it. To keep pressure on AIMS and GBRMPA, the Pioneer Cane Growers Organisation from the Burdekin, together with other Burdekin and Bundaberg farming groups, have organised an online forum to formally debate the alleged impacts of farming on the Reef. We challenged the director of AIMS to the debate. I will argue the proposition that farmers are having negligible impact. AIMS released a public statement which the media saw as ambiguous as best." Read more: https://www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au//reef-science-ins

01.01.2022 You have to feel for this truck driver when you read this article. He must have felt very much alone at the scene of this accident that wrote off his truck. Alone & then later unfairly treated in the TV news report.

01.01.2022 Timber is the most sustainable industry

01.01.2022 It is bad enough with a number of maternity units closed down in Qld by the Palaszczuk government but when it comes to specialised facilities for agricultural education, they have been removed completely with the last 2 at Longreach & Emerald shut down. Since the shut downs at the Longreach a local butcher had leased the slaughterhouse & now in this article at Emerald a single building is being converted to the Local Disaster Coordination Centre. Both are worthy & individual...ly they that should not be criticised, but there has been no replacement use for the entire campus. There should also be an evaluation of if the Palaszczuk government has elsewhere facilitated adequate training methods. At the time the decision was made to shut down agriculture education, Mister Furner said he had consulted with 70 "stakeholders". It appears he did not consult with agriculture industry representative organisations. Agforce said that they had not been consulted even with holding a memorandum of understanding with Queensland Agricultural Training Colleges (QATC). Labor like to spruik that they are strong in support for health & education. Evidently not for regional Qld. #greenslaborlast #qldpol https://www.cqnews.com.au//revealed-emerald-colle/4112504/

01.01.2022 Tonights webinar is a must for anyone who values the quality of scientific data used to underpin many onerous and stringent legislations. Dr. Peter Ridd has given all of those within Queensland agriculture and in particular those being subject to Reef Regulations a solid foundation from which we can continue the fight for more extensive and intensive quality assurance of science, before it is used to form policy. #greenshirtsmovementQLD