ALL political parties in the is country need to have good hard look at themsevles on this.

Yes indeedy, it's a f...ing disgrace.

theres excellent money in the prison industry , Global Serco are the guys raking in the money .

farmers are a liability to the government , prisoners and refugees are an asset , 180 degree difference .
simple economics but on the ground level its injustice

the land is also up for grabs to foriegn ownership , in walk the banks then its flogged off  

Here Here ! and some of the Chinese rubbish is being diverted thru New Zealand  because its not meeting requirements here, Fish for 1 example At least it was maybe more unheard of

Sorry H&H but buying local just does not cut it just ask Holden, Ford and Dick Smith to name a few. People are price driven with food and groceries hence the massive surge in home brands that are perhaps brand name products without the fancy label

Nailed it

I have just drove from Sydney, Lightning Ridge, then across to Brisbane. 

I for one absolutely refuse to buy anything but Australian grown and packed foodstuff. Won't buy NZ either because as stated above some of it is only packed in NZ after originating in China or Asia. I don't know how much more supportive of our Aussie farmers I can be. I should add that I carry out all the food shopping in the Chateau le Spook.

The poor buggers have no tucker either, bloodog. The only pick they have is on the roadsides.

I f history is a guide this drought could go for years.

One trillion percent spot on.

stuff em, when does a brickie get handouts like them if they have lean times, or a cleaner, or plasterer or coffee shop

we cant blame anyone for the weather,thats a given.

also some one has started a "parma for a farmer" fund raiser with a lot of pubs coming on board,with a percentage of takings going to a fund[dont know what/where]. 

theres few opportunites where you can support the farmers when there are regulations set by dare I say the GOV .
remember that potatoe farmer loaded up trucks and was giving away spuds ?
he had enough of the super market system screwing the growers so badly .
the consumer and the producer are separated by the food giants who produce zero product they only rent out floor space in the super market .
some farmers sell milk , fruit and vege at the gate or through other net works but the super market aint one of them , that place is prepared to squeze the local farmer and also sell foriegn product right next to it .
and yes nz shit can also be chinese or chilean etc.
If farmers had direct contact with the consumer on national scale then super markets wouldnt be the dominating giants they are . theyre not food producer at all yet they run the show .
coles and woolies should be throwing back some support = not gonna happen .

the truckies and the hay bale run is friggin impressive .

Well oil be tucked.

Whale oil beef hooked too. Love a Roo tail, supermarket in Katherine sells the buggers in crivac packs, skinned ! and that’s the hardest part.

how? they get everything given to them when times are tough, try getting that when your business not going well

City slickers will never ever understand hilly, don’t waste ya breath