RECENTLY, I ASKED a Canberra resident, who is a kind woman, what she thought of the ACT’s annual kangaroo culling activity. She made a face, but then said, ‘I know there are too many of them but’… The ‘too many’ narrative indeed goes to the heart of the government propaganda that
Author: Maria Taylor
Two dozen welfare organisations say STOP to kangaroo slaughter
AS BRITISH ANIMAL welfare organisation VIVA announces its latest success in dissuading UK supermarkets from selling kangaroo meat two dozen prominent national and international welfare organisations have joined forces on an open letter explaining why Australians should stop looking the other way and stand up against the ethically bankrupt, cruel
(In case you didn’t know) National party drives NSW environment policy: water, biodiversity, national parks at risk
THE NSW NATURE Conservation Council, which has taken the state government to court over regressive new land-clearing permissions, has lauded a report exposing Coalition internal divisions and maneuvers over environmental policies. These policies have the National Party tail wagging the Liberal Party dog – variously on water extraction, logging, or land
Canberra as soap opera and the National Party ethos
NSW minister stonewalls on National Party donor influence with poultry welfare review
THE NSW OPPOSITION and the ABC public broadcaster report that Minister for Primary Industries Niall Blair has refused to answer whether he had personally met and discussed the development of new poultry guidelines with the current Chairman of the NSW National Party and prominent egg producer, Bede Burke. Allegations have surfaced
Poll: business confidence falling in regional NSW
Infrastructure promise ignored, millions unspent THE LATEST SENSIS Business Index report found business confidence in regional NSW had fallen 20 points to 34, which is below the national average. Shadow Treasurer Ryan Park said the figures should serve as a wake-up call for the Berejiklian-Barilaro government as business confidence drops. Deputy Premier and
Wildlife vet saves thousands
By Maria Taylor, District Bulletin, April 2012 HOWARD RALPH is a legend amongst wildlife carers in Palerang and in Sydney and becoming so across the nation. Based in eastern Palerang, he goes where other veterinarians can’t or won’t go and he has an awesome lifesaving track record. Lesley Machin, a wildlife carer from
Crony politics at QPRC
Sacrificing Wamboin/Bywong & rail trail for majority vote? COMMENT by Maria Taylor. AT THE 13 December council meeting a mutually agreeable voting alliance between Team Overall (with four votes) and two councillors who gained seats from Palerang became about as transparent as suspected backroom deals will allow. As Councillor Peter Marshall said after
CSIRO independent analysis: no support for kangaroo research assumptions
Special Bulletin investigation In May of this year, we were confronted by the eighth year (longer, if one counts killings going back to Googong in 2004) of ACT government contract killings of Eastern Grey kangaroo families on urban nature reserves – based on some mathematical formula for one kangaroo per hectare,
Confusion erupts over QPRC plans for new admin building
Maria Taylor reports from new council’s first meeting and aftermath At the September council meeting, Mayor Tim Overall and election team A, with the help of two unquestioning Palerang-based councillors, Schweikert and Hicks, and two Queanbeyan-based councillors, Brown and Noveska, ticked and flicked approval for a new $57 million council headquarters