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  • 20 Feb 2024
    An ill wind (turbine) blows no good.
    I wonder how much more farmers must be on the receiving end of vegan activists, ideological and unworkable government regulations, industrial wind turbines and industrial solar instillations in rural communities, not having a voice politically and being d... read more
    4407 | Posted by George King
  • 06 Mar 2024
    Peta has got it right
    A quick look at the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) website shows a 42-year history with more than nine million members and an annual income of around 80 million US dollars.  PETA is an organization whose main goal is to turn you into a veg... read more
    2671 | Posted by George King
  • 25 Mar 2024
    None of us are as good as all of us.
    It is time to call out some of the madness that is infecting western civilization.  The despots who are peddling this psychotic agenda have set their sights on the west under the guise of saving the planet. The foundation stone of western civilization is ... read more
    2256 | Posted by George King
  • 12 Apr 2024
    Choose a side
    As food producers we rely on the use of a large portion of the planet to make our living feeding civilization.  Farmers have much to lose economically from mindless bureaucratic restrictions as Governments grapple to fix a problem which quite simply does ... read more
    1772 | Posted by George King
  • 24 May 2024
    Time to stand up
    Throughout the history of mankind, the non-psychopathic people with the capability of violence have kept the psychopaths in line.  For all their bluster and bluff the psychopaths are weak of mind. Unlike sadists, psychopaths do not harm the harmless simpl... read more
    840 | Posted by George King
  • 16 May 2024
    Banning Live Export is wrong.
    This weeks Federal Government announcement to cease sheep live exports by 2028 is not just the thin edge of the wedge, it is a blunt force trauma to the entire livestock industry.   It should not have been a huge surprise for our disunited and disorganize... read more
    616 | Posted by George King
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