Issue 2003 October 18
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FEDERAL ELECTION: Deregulation, drought, the dollar and the $7.5 billion surplus
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 left the nation with a massive, electorally volatile underclass,…
AGRICULTURE: Unrestricted water trading a danger to farmers
Trading of irrigation water is being proposed as a means to shift water from low value farming to high value farming. The reasoning behind this proposal is fundamentally flawed, as Pat Byrne explains.The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) – encompassing the Federal and State governments – announced in August its intention to examine the possibility of a widened water trading market “to ensure…
