Or a mentality of ‘supporting Aussie farmers’ unless of course they’re 50c dearer than an import. Same people that say they support local business but try on shoes for size then order online

Dunno how you went with the cooking but those pacdon products are bloody magnificent

They are way better than expected- I was forced into trying the drink- and yep - was not particularly exciting.

Ha - the old wait til both sides bat adage strikes again!

Yep - that definitely helps - we saw that during wind farm construction - would love for that to translate to more than just a brief sugar hit though

Yep - been a very top down approach thus far - seems like a lot of disruption of rural communities to allow benefits for other areas - but I don’t follow the line that all renewable projects are inherently rubbish

Good points - I’m trying to separate the intrinsically good with bad policy from the just plain bad etc. ownership models are a concern for me as well - might be a very dated view but feel like govt owned utilities that allow others to make dollars are a good idea

Would be a change-up from us complaining amongst ourselves

We call them jewel bugs - not sure if that's the common name - all sorts of funky names for bugs district to district - not dissimilar to this map!

Yep - was a great read

I've just set up - I'm involved in grains sector in Australia - loved Twitter for years but just getting lost in depressing algorithms these days