Jennifer Marohasy

We are in the middle of an election in Queensland, Australia.
My local member has just sent me a glossy brochure stating that:
“Queensland is experiencing the worst drought in 100 years …no other government in our history has faced a challenge of this enormity.”
The Premier Peter Beattie has being repeating the same message for some time.
So [...]

I have just received the following note:
“Over 200 farmers in western NSW today blockaded state government officials from entering the Cobar property of Kevin and Gwen Mitchell, who are the latest victims of a radical green campaign that will force farmers off their land.
“Farmers trying to rehabilitate land degraded by woody weeds are the innocent [...]

Under the NSW Native Vegetation Act 2003 harvesting of timber for what government describes as “the purposes of private native forestry” will require approval through the preparation of a Property Vegetation Plan (PVP) or through an application for development consent. Both applications must be in accordance with a Code of Practice.
The draft code was [...]