Net farmer confidence has jumped from -66% a year ago to +33% in the Federated Farmers Survey. That's great news. I can't recall ever seeing such a dramatic change in just 12 months.

When our kids were little one of the books we often read them was “Bears in the Night” in which the young bears, hearing a noise outside, sneak out of the house at night, climb Spook Hill and then, te ...

Closing enrolment the day before advance voting starts, so that a final vote count can be done in a timely manner (In Australia it closes 26 days before the election) Banning provision of free food et ...