IN NSW, UNDER the umbrella of the National Party portfolio of Primary Industries (Niall Blair, Minister) the Local Land Services agency — which reaches out to all landholders — is the primary promoter of lethal management of animals considered pests by farmers. Besides targeting (undifferentiated) wild dogs that include dingoes as
Author: Maria Taylor
Pork Baril-aro — misleading Parliament and handouts to National Party mates?
DEPUTY PREMIER AND National Party Member for Monaro, John Barilaro, has again been answering questions about government funding handouts to Coalition mates, days after being accused of misleading parliament on a similar case. With a reputation for campaigning via photo opportunities as he hands government checks to some organisations, it did not
Why do we let them do it?
Tail wags the policy dog on environment THE “DERANGED CIRCUS of wreckers” and climate change deniers in federal politics described by the Guardian’s Katherine Murphy after Turnbull was booted out, and the reactionary wreckers of native species and ecosystems that we endure in NSW from the National Party and their Liberal
War on wildlife ramps up in NSW
WHAT IS IT with killing kangaroos to pay for the misfortunes of Australian graziers and croppers? My colleague suggests it is a control thing, as in ‘can’t control the weather and drought but can control something larger and more visible than weeds’. That something, being a native grazer, has the impertinence
Us and Them — the End Game?
NSW State Forests: Destruction of the Leard and threat to The Pilliga
Trump, Brexit — have we heard the lessons?
State terrorism
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