A Plain Perspective

It is somewhat ironic that the Federal Government of Paul Keating which undertook the Hilmer review of Competition Policy also introduced t...

It is great to see comments and policy announcements from the coalition about developing the north.  The policy announcements recognise the...

The darkest hour is the hour before dawn. I have always liked that saying for the hope that it brings.   I don't think that it is ...

What is more important - cattle in Indonesia or people in Bangladesh? My industry - the cattle sector in the north of Australia - has ...

It is easy to get downcast in the livestock industry.  Not only do you have to cope with low prices, high costs and increasing Government ...

I think we all have the farming gene in us somewhere.  For many people the gene is latent and remains that way for their whole life.  In o...

At a recent ABARES conference in Canberra it was noted that the rate of productivity growth in Australian agriculture had been declining. ...