Until now farmers have held a very skeptical view on climate change, even questioning the science as proven or not. However a motion put forward by NSW Young Farmers at the NSW Farmers Association annual conference has decidedly changed their position.
With these political divisions as a backdrop, there's now been a major shift on the issue from one of the country's most influential farming groups. Delegates attending the New South Wales Farmers Association annual conference have passed a motion calling on governments to do much more to support the transition from fossil fuels towards renewable energy sources. In doing so, they've dumped their previous position which called for a Royal Commission into whether humans were responsible for climate change. more
From an email today, the resolution states:
NSW Farmers acknowledges that primary producers are on the front line of seasonable variability, exacerbated by a changing climate, and supports its members playing an active role in the issue.
NSW Farmers encourages Governments to support the transition from fossil fuels such as coal and gas towards more renewable energy sources in rural, regional and remote areas where their operation can be shown to have a net benefit to rural and farming communities.
The cat's out of the bag folks. The Australian Council of Social Services has ripped into SSJoe's latest budget attempt ferocious...
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After 30 years of very physical full time work in the printing industry our print dept was outsourced and we all lost our jobs. As I'd gotten HIV beforehand and was having trouble attending and doing work I discussed with my HIV doctor whether I should apply for the Australian Disability Support Pension. He agreed,and I became a DSP pensioner under the new Gillard rules of adherence that now sees 75% of DSP applicants rejected.
Have been diagnosed with PTSD, severe depression, chronic kidney failure, and of course HIV. I'd become suicidal in 2009 after 3 extreme life events in a row; My best friend killed herself in the US (I don't make friends easily BTW), my teenage/young adult daughter had me charged by the police with a minor problem, and I was diagnosed with HIV. All in three weeks.
Some say god won't give you more than you can bear, my reply is "Well what happened to me?" If not for the HIV support here in Australia and me being able to have access to it I'd likely be dead by now. Unbearable pain often causes suicide, no matter physical or mental.
Today I've not worked since being made redundant. I remain with episodes of depression and panic attacks, sometimes severe. I may be fine and happy to leave the house, at times I'm paralised in bed, secure and safe and not willing to face the world.
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