Economy

Bolivia moves to end dependence on foreign seed firms

Bolivian President Evo Morales, has signed a new law which aims to ensure food security for his country. Under the plan, state-owned...

$30m Meander Dam: No increase in agricultural production

MEANDER DAM BUSINESS CASE UNDER SCRUTINY Wasted Money Forces Cuts to Budget Kim Booth MP Greens Primary Industry spokesperson The Tasmanian Greens...

Georges River: the ABC apology is ridiculous

It is eleven months since the then Premier of Tasmania, David Bartlett decided to officially complain to ABC management about a two-part...

All about the schools set to close

Below to download re two spreadsheets that contain data collected from www.myschool.edu.au on the schools that have been earmarked for closure in...

Gunns: Vale Auspine

A history of Gunns undoubtedly will contain a chapter on the Auspine debacle, now edging closer to finality. The latest ASX announcement...

Why has Aprin got its hand out?

Here we go again. How many times are we supposed to compensate the industry and subsidise them for the same thing. The...

Dr Judith Ajani: The truth about the ‘mollycoddled’ forestry industry

Geraldine Doogue: But first to a bold challenge to one of our public industries. Get off the public purse once and for...

How to get your piece of the $2 billion pie

What really happened in the 1980s and where are we now?

From a personal perspective, the 1980s was an alarming decade. It was that time when our family sought to buy a small...

Nuclear power: “uneconomic and unnecessary”

For four decades we have known modern energy systems could threaten civilisation in two ways—climate change and nuclear proliferation—so we must reject...