Green Folly closed forest tracks and gates, expelled foresters and timber workers and prevented property owners from removing flammable fuel from their own land and adjacent roads, parks and forests. Those responsible for these follies…
There was a time when Australian foresters kept Australian forests safe and productive. They maintained access tracks bridges and fire breaks, undertook prescribed burning, cleared flammable litter from the forest floor, cut suckers, manned fire…
Too many recent headlines say: ‘A fierce new bushfire is burning in the XYZ National Park. Nearby residents should prepare to evacuate’. Neglected, overgrown, weed and log infested, un-grazed, unburnt, government-protected parkland is a danger to all neighbours. All it needs is a firebug, a fearful neighbour attempting a too-late back burn, or a lightning … Read More
Markets are trending higher on news of the trade détente, with the ASX 200 up 1.6% since last Wednesday. As we said, that’s as you’d expect.
Just like Aussie households and companies, our government has spent many years living beyond its means. Making big promises it can’t quite afford to keep.
After ‘shocking’ warnings last week that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson might — at best — be left with a hung Parliament, the voters finally had a chance to have their say.
No one should be surprised that our bush is ablaze and our cities are smothered in smoke. For decades now we have been locking up land, banning burn-offs and encouraging eucalypt fire-trees. Centralised management of…
Australia is a land of deserts, droughts, floods, bushfires, flammable forests and fire-prone grasslands. We need good fire and forest management and prosecution of arsonists, not costly climate distractions…
Yesterday, the Federal Reserve whittled down its key lending rate by 25 basis points, in what was probably the biggest mistake in Fed history. As you know, the Fed only makes mistakes. It does this…
The best reform in the budget is one that may never come to fruition. I’m talking about the tax cuts that come into play in 2022-23 and the following year. After that time, Australian taxpayers…