i watched alan jones doing the press club today
yet i had to agree with everything that d1ck said
how can we sell of everything we have to mining companys in order for our lazy government to make a quick buck,cause they have screwed our money so badly that they see it as the best way to get out of debt..short term gain for governments for a big time loss for the people? the japs got sick of buying meat of us so they bought our cattle stations. we are a country with every mineral the world needs,coal,iron ore,gold and the big daddy uranium, we have some of the best farming land in the world. pretty much self sufficient i think. so why are we bending over to the crap that is going on and not being the super power that we should be?
Probably because we (the nation not me tho') are so used to copping rotten foreign invested metwurst up the jacksey that it's become accepted practice -just my opinion.
^^^^^yes they are,along with small business,another government screw up. yet when you sell and allow millions of hectares of already owned land by farmers to be used as exploration and then to be dug up and fu?ed forever for the sole purpose of profit to mining companies how are they not screwing farmers? check the facts of what is being sold to them and why. its not just coles and woolies, even though they suck just as big di/k as the pollies that are doing us over.
As kids we used to steal stuff of farmers all the time. i used to get oranges and other fruit & vege .
Support your growers markets and the like dudes - only use the Big 2 when it's absolutely inevitable (jmo) .... further proof of argument??? remember the price you'll be forced to pay at one of their fuel stations for anything!
Buy those carnarvon bananas to help them poor bast**ds get on their feet again .... next time your cruisin' south , stop & buy the stall Fruit & veg - it's just the little things that keep the farmers alive in Oz.
It was a riviting preformance of the jones boy.....who I dislike intently 
I think what is happening in Australia at this time is that many people are saying
the same thing, but using different words, It will all align soon when the inmates
of auz, awake from their slumber and take action [}:)]
Perhaps land rights need to be reviewed. It seems like freehold is not exactly freehold. Is it unreasonable to assume if your land is fenced and in reasonable order then you can decide who can and cannot enter your land? A mining company may buy prospecting or mining rights where your property lies but it should be up to you as to whether you let them come onto your land or not.
One of the VERY few times that I agree with any of what AJ has to say. A lot is wrong with the way Australia's resources are managed. I am not against mining, but mining without a view to the long term future can easily be described as criminal.
I do not understand how water, food and health security are not considered more seriously by the Australian public. Without environmental security, none of these three are sustainable in the longterm.
Another example -
A mining company, lets call them BPH or ROI for the purposes of this example, owns both the mining lease and the pastoral lease on a peice of crown land.
They want to clear some bush to build a road.
Under the mining lease they have to submit exploration licenses, enviro impact studies, clearing permits, rehabilitation plans and financial bonds and have them approved by three levels of government.
If they want to build the same road under the pastoral lease, they need to put a bloke on a dozer and point him in the right direction.
And mining is out of control but farming is the saviour of Australia ?
When a cartel holds a market, it destroys or absorbs competition due to its size and influence..... that's what C & W do..... (its no different to dr.g cartels)
Ask anyone who has worked in their head offices....
I have a mate who supplies sheep to C, and he gets about 2.30 per kilo..... so how big do you think C margins must be????
Gov has a responsibility TO ITS PEOPLE - not business, its not elected by business.... and therefore should have look into this anti competitive behavour and do something about it.....
so carantoc when the mines find out you have large gas supplies under your house and the government say yeh go forth and dig it up, what will you do? open the gates and say go for it? dont laugh they are doing it in sydney
W&C have 80% market share in Australia together. The govt. (ACCC) Have allowed creeping acquisitions for over 20 years, which is why we have a duopoly in the supermarket sector. The ACCC, need to provide a market cap, and slowly reduce the allowable expansion to allow further competition to flourish in years to come. There is no short term fix.
KR
well you read it all wrong then. have another read of what i posted before you start looking after the mining companies and justifying what is going on
Mining companies are pretty much foreign owned or influenced fleabags intent on raping Oz and giving nothing back except if it gets them 5 minutes of advertisement - scumbags I reckon..JMO!
