Agriculture, Biosecurity and Forestry

Well the last government (that feels good to write) gave us Anderton and they gave him all the associated portfolios …”Ag, Bio & Forestry” 
After a fair amount of persuasion along the lines of

and

he did finally take some action on the ‘Apples to Oz’ issue i.e. took australia to the WTO (outcome released Juneish next year)
But [...]

Finito…

Well Barker’s big red bus has finally been busted.  That mobile billboard which should have been tagged by the EFA.
It’s annoyed the living daylights out of many Tukituki electorate residents (that’s a 7288 majority to Foss )and it appears he has finally got the message.

 
I have to now check and see if this [...]

Telecom AGAIN and Farmside’s extortion.

All we want is a telephone line to the house, one that doesn’t crackle, spit and fart incessantly, one that doesn’t ring on it’s own accord, and one that we can rely on to get a fax through unimpeded.  
As I have mentioned and mentioned we have two lines into the house.  One for the [...]

Foss & Tremain Win

Picture Lynda Forrest; Dom Post
Well it won’t be news to too many people that both Foss and Tremain won their electorates but what really matters is the emphatic way in which they did it.  They didn’t just win, they ran their opponents out of town; much to the relief of many.
Here are the stats.
Foss:
Votes Counted [...]