Lloyd Polkinghorne, The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper
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Rice vesting to end
Australia’s last commodity single desk, rice vesting is set to end on July 1, 2025 after a recent announcement by the NSW Government. The rice vesting arrangements were established in response to grower preferences around the marketing of their rice in the 1920s, and have contributed to the development of a vertically-integrated industry with significant grower influence ... The Government claims that under the future arrangements, growers will be afforded greater choice and flexibility to pursue a range of markets, including export markets, and that it will also benefit the long-term sustainability of the industry in the face of lower water availability and a more variable climate.
The Koondrook and Barham Bridge Newspaper, 6 June 2024
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Banking’s big business
I had a quiet moment of reflection after watching Bendigo Bank’s new commercial featuring Wakool farmer and butcher extraordinaire Hayley Patterson. The ad campaign titled Bigger for You points the finger at the ‘big four’, citing the Bendigo Bank is “Bigger for the community I care about”. It's a great line ...
‘Forest of the Fallen’ visits Kerang
600 bamboo stakes stood amongst the crowd at the Kerang Community Market on Saturday. Each stake held the story of an Australian who had an adverse reaction to the mandated Covid-19 therapeutic.
GSC councillors clash over VNI West sellout
The proposed Victorian New South Wales Interconnectors 500kv overhead transmission lines and towers that can reach almost 80 metres in height, is once again under the spotlight. The VNI project will carve a path through farmland and across communities on the journey from Bulgana in Victoria to the substation at Dinawan, near Jerilderie in NSW. Last week, Gannawarra Shire’s Cr Garner Smith put forward a motion that Council oppose the construction of VNI West through Gannawarra...
Red dirt to reef for water warriors
The 2024 Variety Victoria Bash will kick off in August with cars 25 years or older piloted by teams raising money for Victorian children living with disabilities, illnesses, or experiencing disadvantage. A local team of Water Warriors is taking a 1988 Nissan GQ Patrol on the journey from Swan Hill to Airlie Beach ... Doug hopes the trip will be a great chance to raise funds for the kids and also give them an opportunity to highlight the current water issues on the way.
Art trail routed
Murray River Council’s ‘River Country Art Trail’ detoured leaving Bunnaloo, Caldwell and Wakool not available for inclusion. MRC stated that whilst the silos were initially earmarked for inclusion in the $1.7 million trail, Bunnaloo, Wakool and Caldwell are not eligible for use under GrainCorp’s new Silo Art Policy.
