Agriculture
Animal Law in Australia part 2
Part 2 of the Animal Law story. Animal Law is a growing sector in Australia’s legal arena. So how can......
Strange bedfellows- Greens and farmers protest together.
Farmers and the Greens have traditionally been enemies in Australian politics, but that’s all changing as mining epxnads into farmlands.......
Murray report leaves farmers high and dry
The National Farmers Federation (NFF) says a new report by the Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists is flawed. The report......
Controversy stirring in Australia’s food bowl
A three year battle to save the region known as Australia’s food bowl from a mining company achieved a significant......
Change in drought policy tough for farmers
Every month $61 million of tax-payers money goes to paying interest on debt accumulated by farmers struggling with drough. Agriculture......
Planning cities for greater food security
A food security forum in Adelaide today will be told that cities need less concrete and more compost if we......
Foreign owners behind the push to relax beef import restrictions?
Australia’s decision to allow beef to be imported from 25 countries affected by Mad Cow disease has caused an outcry......
Farmers versus River
At Christmas time, heavy rainfall gave our ailing water systems a much needed boost. But not everyone is happy about......
Iraq is finding it’s feet in food production
It’s a dire situation in Iraq at the moment – food shortages, fuel shortages, little education and conflict. Many farmers......
Urban agriculture in your own backyard
You are what you eat…. how many times have you heard that before? More and more people each day are......