My heart is in the bush. Views expressed are my personal thoughts.
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Marie Vitelli retweeted
Our cattle producers are under attack because NGOs are falsely misusing the terms forest & deforestation on agricultural land. Instead of doing what they should & suing them for defamation, @meatlivestock & their ABSF produce an epic fail & misuse the term themselves 🙄🤯
Josie provides a very common sense plan for energy planning. @PropRitesAus
Senate inquiry into energy planning, my 10 point plan to energy security & sustainability:
1. Stand alone / off grid micro systems should be encouraged particularly in regional areas - home solar exporting to grids when power is abundant & importing when it's scarce is not sustainable
3. Solar belongs on rooftops / carparks & built environments, close to consumption minimising transmission loss - not on farm land or conservation land
4. Build real not pumped hydro - that also provides water for our cities & farmers
5. Maintain our existing assets!
6. Invest in R&D in simple technology that improves energy efficiency in manufacturing & living, cogeneration, trigeneration, waste heat recovery, gravity etc etc.....
7. Energy is a utility. Get rid of fake "markets" that are only serving as wealth transfer & costing our consumers more & subsidies for companies that provide non-firmed power.
8. Invest in new efficient coal, gas & nuclear secure power. Our critical resources must be available to Australians first & have a plan for our long term future resource security.
9. Expect the same standards of our imports that we expect of our manufacturers & primary producers - otherwise we are just exporting a problem. Manufacture more in Australia, exporting our coal & iron ore and importing our steel is not emissions friendly.
10. Encourage environmentalism we can all be involved in - energy savings via education, innovation, standards and good old fashioned values of conserving.
Factual billboards about farming to improve awareness of community. Excellent initiative by @PropRitesAus
PRA fighting for the truth. Farmers are the best environmentalists. Calling out Activism from the likes of PETA and environmental mayhem from the rush to Renewables. Billboards make good megaphones,
beefcentral.com/news/farmers…
No mention of abiding with farm biosecurity requirements in @QldGov Wind Code review, nor regulated Reef graziers responsible for maintaining 50% ground cover under wind turbines, if onus not placed on developers in Land Use Agreement. @LGAQ @AgForceQLD
Once again @QldGov caught in the act of leaving the farming community out of the consultation conversation.
Serious concerns about the proposed wind farm code have been identified by @AgForceQLD
inqld.com.au/business/2023/0…
Major bushfire near Cecil Plains & Dunmore releasing carbon from state forests & risking #CSGwells. Limited awareness & help from @QldGov for neighbours. #notgoodenough by govt. Implement learnings from previous wildfires in state lands!
QFES has issued a PREPARE TO LEAVE warning for a major bushfire heading straight into Shell’s Arrow Energy & QGC Gasfields, with still no word to landholders of the CSG safety protocols to follow @GasFieldsCommQ why aren’t you educating people instead of helping cover up risks
A small group of affected landholders including @ZronR and @the_professor56 have advocated strongly to expose #Coalseamgas long term impacts on ag land. Time to make good over a long period, if subsidence can be fixed?
Three years after I first reported damage to our farm from Arrow Energy #CSG mining @QldGov has FINALLY admitted #subsidence is permanent and likely to badly damage farms like ours.
CSG companies may have to pay to fix farmland subsidence inqld.com.au/?p=84646 via @InQldMedia
Marie Vitelli retweeted
Important story on the @smh front page today:
A fire ant invasion will be worse than cane toads.
And 13 July is D-day, when @MurrayWatt & state Ag Ministers must decide: will they commit to eradication or give up?
@MarkFurnerMP @TaraMoriarty @GayleTierney
smh.com.au/environment/conse…
Fire ants detected outside of SEQld biosecurity zone in last 3 months. West at Kleinton nr Toowoomba, north at Burpengary, south at Innisplain nr Rathdowney & NSW border. Is eradication still feasible? facebook.com/story.php?story…
It’s the first time fire ants have been found west of the Lockyer Valley - here’s why these tiny pests pose such a huge risk to the #DarlingDowns’ economy & way of life #agchatoz @AgForceQLD @DAFQld @CountryCaller countrycaller.com.au/2023/06…
Governance & strategy for fire ant eradication from SE Qld needs overhaul before requesting additional $300K funds (option A in the review report) on top of committed $400K. To eradicate or to contain?
Damning report, kept secret for 2 yrs, shows efforts to stop one of Australia's most invasive species have FAILED. State and federal govs could be ready to surrender in the fight against Fire Ants, with dire consequences for Ag and the Aussie way of life. tinyurl.com/etd7h2mv
Online national forum in early June about drought preparedness. Might have some useful sessions.
The Future Drought Fund’s annual "Science to Practice Forum" is coming up 6-8 June, bringing together farmers, researchers, government, industry and the community to explore innovative tools and practices to help our regions prepare for future drought.
eventbrite.com/e/2023-scienc…
Detailed lists of fungal pathogens from Sporobolus rat's tail grasses - from previous literature & recent field surveys in Qld. Some of these fungi may have future potential for GRT biocontrol. @meatlivestock @NABRC1 @LGAQ
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Excellent initiative in NSW to practice initial response to emergency animal disease outbreak.
Farm tests response to Foot and Mouth Disease outbreak ift.tt/AsvwE4z
Marie Vitelli retweeted
Just did this 😳😳😳. Northern Australian beef industry is crazily disadvantaged if some of these get up! Why is it that we choose not to report on SDGs where we are global leaders (water scarcity / labour / woodland grazing) & then come up with a raft of immeasurables.
Attention #beef producers of Australia:
Do this bloody survey. It’s incredibly important that producers are aware of & give their feedback on the @BeefFramework goals.
It will take 20mins or so. Don’t complain & just do it (please).
surveymonkey.com/r/beefgoals
Marie Vitelli retweeted
This graphic by @QldGov shows what happens when coal seams are 'dewatered' to get gas out of ground through #CSG wells & why farmers & others reliant on groundwater for houses, livestock & irrigation are all so concerned about simplistic #OGIA modelling #groundwater #subsidence
Drilling for coal seam gas at an angle from the neighbours property causes subsidence on a cropping farm. Low patches & uneven surface impacts on cropping & machinery use. No compensation & beyond fixing. Why can govt's allow this to happen?
We believed the government & gas companies’ fairytales about the fact we would be no worse off, yet here we are with terrible damage and no compensation.
@ScottStewartMP @StevenJMiles
#DarlingDowns #CSG #subsidence #LiverpoolPlains michaelwest.com.au/thousands…
Subsidence from #CSG activities causes major, irreversible issues on valuable cropping land. Shameful #QueenslandGovernment
Very useful for foliar spraying of weeds across large paddocks. Avoid spraying if a local inversion is occurring.
Even if there’s not a tower on your doorstep, log into wand.com.au to get a real handle on these buggers. How clear is this info of the presence of a hazardous inversion?! Also has a two-hour warning feature.
It’s free and nearly all 100 towers are up and running!
Access to pesticides thru APVMA minor use permits essential to extend label use for pests & additional crops.
Subsidence is like sink holes which form after previous tampering with underground mining & drilling. Way beyond fixing, so should be prevented with a govt precautionary approach. @GasFieldsCommQ @sallyQCL
This utter mess caused by #CSG induced subsidence is having a major hit on crop production, and will only exacerbate as it expands across the Condamine Floodplain.
It's a national disgrace that this is allowed to occur in one of our country's most critical food bowls
@MurrayWatt