Archive - 17/03/2015

A report which examines the effect of climate change on some of Australia’s most common agricultural products; including fruits, vegetables, grains, dairy, seafood and meat, paints a dire prediction of future production in a warming world.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-03-16/report-warns-of-climate-change-impact-on-food-production/6322934?section=vic

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/thirty-years-of-consecutive-warmth-the-heat-really-is-on-20150317-1m0pyk.html

Treasurer Joe Hockey was upstaged and shirtfronted on Q&A Monday night, but not by a member of the audience or a political opponent.

The man who cut him down to size on questions including negative gearing, tax and infrastructure spending was John Daley, the Melbourne-based research economist who runs the Grattan Institute.

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/joe-hockey-outclassed-on-qa-by-an-economist-20150317-1m0nrs.html