Politicians play on “Australian-made” trucks that rely entirely on foreign parts as the nation’s complete manufacturing dependence threatens national security, writes Vikki Campion.
In just two decades, Australia has gone from energy self-sufficiency to dangerous dependence. Like the US, we can turn it around. The question is, will we?
Government ministers with no engineering background want to tell us that sunshine and wind can solve the fuel crisis. But it shows the very opposite — without fossil fuels we’re dead.
WA grain growers are facing a ‘Wheatbelt recession’ which will flow through the entire State as fuel and fertiliser shortages threaten to derail what was shaping as the perfect start to the season.
Australian farmers are warning the nation is racing towards catastrophe due to dwindling fertiliser supplies and no immediate federal government rescue plan.
The fuel access and price crisis that’s emerged this month driven by the Iran conflict is already taking a heavy toll on red meat supply chains.
Things We Love features the charming stories and authentic recipes from outback Australians and those working in the agricultural industry. It speaks to a culture of cattlemen and women who take pride in working as a team, sharing food and celebrating the wealth and history of knowledge enmeshed in their own unique regions of Australia.
This book richly captures the spirit of these pioneering men and women’s lives and those who work on the land today.
