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Baird backs the frackers, people back the farmers

Economics, agriculture and native vegetation in NSW Native vegetation and regulations relating to its management have a minimal economic effect on agriculture in New South Wales (NSW). The state produces between $10 and $16...

Grow your own Australia’s high rate of urbanisation means that most people experience a significant disconnect between their food production and consumption. Over several decades,...

Still beating around the bush Since the beginning of the mining boom Australia’s rural sector has lost $61.5 billion in export income. This includes $18.9 billion in 2011-12 alone. These losses have...

Beating around the bush Summary Since the beginning of the mining boom Australia's rural sector has lost $43.5 billion in export income. This includes $14.9 billion in 2010-11 alone. These losses...

Pouring Fuel on the Fire The mining industry is receiving substantial assistance from Australian taxpayers worth more than $4 billion per year in subsidies and concessions from the Federal...

Woolly figures Agricultural emissions are a significant source of Australia's greenhouse gas emissions yet they will be excluded from the initial stage of the Rudd Government's proposed...

Agriculture and Emissions Trading: The impossible dream? This report argues that the Rudd Government should not include agriculture in the upcoming Emissions Trading Scheme because of the inherent difficulties in accurately...

Response to Federal Government’s Critique of The National Greenhouse Accounts and Land Clearing: Do the numbers stack up?

The National Greenhouse Accounts and Land Clearing: Do the numbers stack up?

Property Rights and the Environment: Should farmers have a right to compensation? This paper examines the claim that farmers require a statutory compensation scheme to protect them from legislation designed to improve environmental outcomes....

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