September 27, 2007
I see that the Howard Government is providing money for farmers to walk off the land. Many will take it up as they have used up their equity and have no income. People----especially the National Farmers Federation----continue to talk in terms of "the drought"---ie.,exceptional circumstances--- in this area even though 1,000 families or more are expected to take the package and leave the land. The "exceptional circumstances" have become normal.
Does the farming talk avoid climate change in favour of the plight of drought-ravaged farmers because that would mean no more subsidies?

Tandberg
When people talk about future bush fires they talk in terms of global warming----that the catastrophes we've seen so far are just a glimpse into a frightening future.
It's a schizophrenic discourse.
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Even Asa Wahlquist talks in terms of the drought. She says in The Australian:
She ought to know better --that the big dry is more than a drought.