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Julie Delforce should have been sacked

It would be easy for the Australian Government to balance the budget if it got rid of fat-cat bureaucrats who are not worth their huge salaries. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has engaged forensic law firm Clayton Utz to investigate one of its senior officers Dr Julie Delforce who owns several websites which support farm invasions and denigrate farmers. She is still drawing her salary - much to the disgust of farmers and anyone concerned about honesty and integrity.She deserved to be sacked as soon as her nefarious activities were uncovered. It's scandalous that she wasn't dismissed instantly and now the Government is spending hundreds of thousands more dollars on legal consultants.

Politicians urged to improve fire safety

A group of former fire and emergency chiefs from multiple states and territories say Australia is unprepared for worsening natural disasters from climate change and governments are putting lives at risk. They say they are frustrated to hear lip service being paid to climate change when politicians make every effort to rubbish any suggestions designed to take action. The current spate of fires highlights the problem and past experience shows the need for better training. Fires at Grantville last February exemplifies some of the problems. Here’s part of a brief report we sent to the CFA at the time. 'On Friday February 1, my wife rang 000 at 11034 reporting a small fire in the Grantville Nature Conservation Reserve towards Glen Forbes. She was advised that it had already been reported. At that stage the fire could easily have been handled by two people with shovels and a knapsack with 25 litres of water. My son, Bryan, walked into the reserve to find the exact location of the fire a...

Is RCEP a good deal for Australia?

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was to be a deal with the 10 South-East Asian members of the ASEAN alliance, and Japan, China, South Korea, New Zealand, Australia and India. But in battling domestic concerns, the RCEP would undermine its economy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused to agree the terms. If India had been party to the deal, it would have covered 32 per cent of global economic production. Australia already has individual trade agreements with ASEAN and a number of other countries in the deal, so it is hard to see what extra benefits may flow to Australia. Past political decisions have caused the loss of virtually all jobs in manufacturing industries so the only possible benefits for Australia are mineral and agricultural exports, so we are likely to even more play the role of Asia's quarry and foodbowl.