Do we fill job vacancies with pensioners or migrants?
Article by Cian Hussey.
19 August 2022.
News
Red tape threat to miners, agriculture in draft bill
Mines, gas projects, farms and other industries in Australia’s second-biggest resources market and third-biggest agriculture sector could be shut down by a bureaucrat’s decision, under secret legislation drafted by the Queensland Environment Department. Several high-level sources said the draft bill as circulated would give a bureaucrat, likely the Environment Department’s director-general, the power to wind back retrospectively existing environmental approvals, licences, and permits to slash production capacity.An industry source said: “It’s frankly outrageous. It would give power to a bureaucrat to unilaterally and retrospectively close businesses. It’s sovereign risk of the highest order.”
Eat beef, save the planet
It is absolute nonsense to claim that beef farming accelerates hypothetical global warming. Carbon atoms are just being recycled. We are being conned with a scare campaign by unelected climate activists who want to control every aspect of our lives, including the source of our animal protein
Proteins and cons
Those of you with real jobs cannot fathom the daily deluge of meat-free and alcohol-free propaganda that is sent to a food writer. Without the alternative-protein crowd, and the zero-alcohol crowd, I wonder how the PR industry might be sustainable. (Pun fully intended.) How long can it be before a “new” hummus, or beetroot dip, appears on shelves and in our inboxes with the words “plant-based” emblazoned on the label?
Hancock Agriculture takes out a first prize for its Wagyu at the “Ekka“, a highly valued agricultural award at the Royal Brisbane Show | 2022
The award shows the depth of the quality of the Hancock Agriculture Wagyu herd, a result of years of dedication to the care of its wagyu, their breeding and feeding under the internationally recognised 2GR brand.
Ian Henschke Interview | Would you come out of retirement to pick fruit?
Interview courtesy of Richelle Hunt, Presenter, Bronwen O’Shea, Presenter and ABC Radio Melbourne.
ABC Radio | Perth – Federal Agriculture Murray Whatt on FMD
The Federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, who has just announced a new taskforce, will be created to help plan for an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Australia. Importantly, this taskforce will be co-led by a senior officer of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the Director General of Emergency Management Australia. Bringing together both the experts in biosecurity and animal health and our experts in disaster management.
Pensioners to get back to work under Sharkie plan
With Australian farms and businesses desperate for workers, Independent MP Rebekha Sharkie is urging the federal government to make it possible for people on the age pension to work without losing much of their benefit.
AGE PENSIONERS KEY TO SOLVING AUSTRALIA’S LABOUR CRUNCH
Perhaps the single best option for tackling these issues is to provide an unlimited work bonus which would allow pensioners to earn as much as they want from work and just pay income tax like everyone else. This is not to suggest a universal pension — eligibility would still be subject to an assets test and other income tests — but to give pensioners greater freedom to work if they choose to. It will give greater freedom and prosperity to pensioners who choose to work, it will increase revenue from the tax on additional income earned, and it will provide immediate relief to businesses across Australia struggling with worker shortages.
Employers back push to allow pensioners to work more without losing government payment
Article by Claire Armstrong courtesy of The Gold Coast Bulletin. Gina Rinehart says pensioners could help boost Australia’s struggling health workforce. Fiona Simson supports pensioners returning to work to fill critical labour
Gina backs ‘win-win’ plan for seniors
Thousands of pensioners and “grey nomads” could hold the key to unlocking the nation’s workforce crisis, according to a plan backed by mining magnate Gina Rinehart. “This policy would be … good for pensioners and veterans who deserve the right at least as much as all of us to work if we chose without onerous paperwork,” she said.
