A ‘coffee table’ book – worthy of any coffee table in the country. Tracking a truly Australian agricultural life with significant personal and business events. Reflecting a passion for the ‘bush’, from boyhood to manhood, interwoven with agri-politics, agribusiness, the fluctuating fortunes of Australian agriculture, and the people who were an integral part over the … Continue reading Pastoral Pursuits – David Boyd’s Autobiographical Collection
Australia and Argentina
Every now and again you come across something with which you find yourself in furious agreement! In this article Chris Uhlmann really nails it. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/call-it-argentinisation-but-australias-economic-decline-is-entirely-selfinflicted/news-story/d0d5e92deca89607a26d329ae65b3e4f?giftid=MEqgNP77f3
Climate change isn’t taking food off your table – Bjorn Lomborg
Water versus massive waste.‘Policyless’ One Nation offers the only common-sense solution
David Flint- The Spectator 20 June 2026 9:00 AM There’s one man in Australia who can say with overwhelming scientific authority that Donald Trump is right – the theory of man-made global warming is ‘an expensive hoax’. He’s Australia’s leading geologist of world standing, and a regular columnist in these pages, Professor Ian Plimer. Even … Continue reading Water versus massive waste.‘Policyless’ One Nation offers the only common-sense solution
Climate writers drown in a sea of misinformation
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/climate-activists-lose-their-voice-in-the-face-of-facts/news-story/48141ae3a9b5f185de0a1ffb3adae10d?giftid=aAeKz2xMU3 Surely the greatest fraud ever foisted on mankind is now all over?
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review
I was recently asked to give a "10-minute talk / presentation" on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review at my local PROBUS Club meeting. Click the image below to view the slides from this presentation. Key Points Very topical given the Farrer by-election and the current review of the Plan. Overall objective: Sustainably optimise/maximise production to feed and … Continue reading The Murray-Darling Basin Plan Review
Western NSW graziers’ concern with the growth of National Parks.
Below is a link to a fantastic digital presentation compiled by the ABC Rural. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-08/parks-and-the-people-outback-nsw-national-parks/106373598 Keep scrolling!
Unity
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has done a great job uniting Australia- everybody hates him!
Preferential Voting
Somehow or other the Liberal, National and One Nation parties need to get their act together to over-power the destructive policies of the Labor,Green and Teal cohorts. From a Liberal/National perspective there can only be one Coalition. As we get within weeks of the election and nominations are known, the Coalition and One Nation need … Continue reading Preferential Voting
Forecast-2026
Recent events lead me to the belief that coming months (years?), will see much discussion on the sometimes conflicting issues of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia, and free speech.
Christmas Letter – 2025
Dear Friends, Four and multiples thereof have always been my favourite numbers - and this year I turned 84! I guess I have to admit I’m getting old! However, I enjoy robust good health and am thankful to God for that. I still suffer from a highly unpredictable bowel, as the only ongoing medical impediment … Continue reading Christmas Letter – 2025
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