Is Australia’s Food Bowl About To Be Destroyed?

[@tlb2970]

This government needs to go to hell asap

[@robertsanders6424]

People living and working in the Cities all around Australia need to have a good look at what Governments are doing to farmers. A lot of farmers are ready to walk off the land. The current Labor government is the worst I have ever seen. If there is no farming just mining the price of imported food will make it of reach for most people. Wake up Australia.

[@davidtapp4718]

Imported franken food or fresh Australian food. Isn't the choice obvious. Maybe I am just biased!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@davidtapp4718]

Successful net zero but no food. Makes perfect sense!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@harrypotter506]

Farm land should never be mined.

[@herolounge]

Protect Aussie Farms . We do not need to support Tech and Mining Giants.

[@alexandersharp9057]

Lithium just fell off a cliff. Mining is the most destructive industry ever.

[@stevenstart8728]

Can someone explain to me how mining will help with net zero? Wont the products produced from the minerals mined just add to consumerism and increase emissions. Maybe less consumerism of throw away products would be a bigger help.

[@montecarlo1651]

You ask a good question. We can't consume our way out of the disaster, it was consumerism that got us into the mess in the first place.

[@johndawe2916]

Is THAT, that NASTY 0.0408 OF 1 % TOTAL CO2, the SheepAll are 'WarRied' about?

[@swimminlane3566]

Both major parties are as bad as each other.

[@115LX]

The total tenement area of the expansion permit is 426km2. They aren’t going to mine it all. This is the exploration phase, then they negotiate land access and find the best locations. Saying that “They didn’t contact me” well duh, there’s thousands of properties in that area. Hence the newspaper ads. This is the first stage. Most people in rural Australia are living on property covered by a whole heap of exploration or production permits. It doesn’t mean they bulldoze your house. There’s a process, and mining companies don’t like fighting, they prefer the easier and cheaper option of buying land. They can force it, but it’s extremely rare and expensive. It’s almost like the media has no idea how anything works.

[@sallyboyd4185]

This story is about MIN5532 license area which is on its final stages, awaiting the work plan approval any day now. The recent advertisement of the exploration application for a different area was how the community became aware of these mining plans. Read the DMS investor information, this tells a completely different story to what the local community facing website and Facebook page does. Plans to expand with a mining life of 58 plus years and turning the area into a mining processing hub. This community fought hard to save this same agricultural land from another mining mob back in the 1990s and won. It is for this reason DMS has deliberately flown under the radar with its own activities for the past 20 years to not draw the same attention.

[@sallyboyd4185]

In recent community meetings when directly asked DMS staff have admitted if farmers do not consent to mining by selling or leasing their land, DMS will proceed any way with “forced access“. This new story is NOT hype or sensational journalism. This is currently happening across multiple farming communities throughout Victoria, this project is the most advanced.

[@Darrenwalker-i3s]

All good as long as its not your land and lively hood

[@ashleytidd-w9i]

Mined land never,never recover's.

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

😂😂😂 not really though

[@PeterBrown-r6g]

Since when has Labor ever given a stuff about regional issues apart from royalties from mines. As a small business which relies to a fair degree on the success of agriculture. When Labor is power we know we are in for hard times. Look what is happening in WA..

[@kaymcdonald3957]

Net zero is unrealistic.

[@James-d3g4o]

Keep growing that food

[@Mr_Squiggle]

Pay the farmers properly for their land. This will make mining company think twice. Plus make sure financial bonds are in place to rehabilitate fully the ground in the long term. And improper royalties for Australia's future

[@JasonSmith-j3o]

Make u think when you got no food on table

[@johndawe2916]

THANKS KZbin A.I. Bots! for PROper SenseOrShip!

[@philipaldrick5363]

All people except the farmer's themselves. The LORD rebuke this federal government.

[@brucejensen3081]

They should have to pay for like a 10 year regenerative program where nature can put back everything plus more. Pay the farmer for 10 years to just regenerate and pay the farmer for any time the mine is there. Miners make all these profits and put nothing back

[@Rucky888]

Not surprised The Project didnt show any of the company response, or link to that response here. I guess if its not journalism it doesnt heed to be balanced.

[@sallyboyd4185]

DMS declined to do an interview and chose a written response.

[@ScottMurrayBestFamilyCars]

@@sallyboyd4185 Good luck finding the written response "on the website". I specifically went looking for it and got nothing but dead ends. It wouldn't have been that hard to quote them at the end - it's not that hard. But journalism is too hard for Th'Project.

[@RUMNIAH]

Shocking

[@brigittekenny6599]

Are we stopping the food bowl so we have to by from overseas,topical government.

[@ArchieCritchell]

Dig in the desert, protect farmland

[@philipaldrick5363]

So let's start talking about the mines.

[@gavinhelgeland1413]

Sorry Project, but for the case of Mineral Sands Mining and Farming: That's very one-sided journalism. I come from the SW region of WA and have been a part of mineral sands mining for nearly 3 decades. Mineral sands mining and farming have coexisted productively in this region for over 70 years. Accepting there have been isolated poor examples in mineral sands rehab (though no industry - including farming - is perfect), there're an overwhelming number of examples of mining & rehabilitation success in a broad array of geographies and soil types. Not only that, but when stakeholders (importantly, farmers) are included meaningfully through the mining and rehab process, relationships and partnerships - built on trust and integrity - are forged and co-benefits are realized. Where I come from, rehabilitation teams and farmers work closely together for the same outcome: sustainable crop/stock yields that are same or better than pre-mining. So, when the land is handed back, the farmer returns to business as usual. There are many examples of this. Look it up.

[@zerofive5991]

WA is a an absolute sandpit compared to the self mulching clay soils in the Wimmera, not even comparable. Stick your mines up your clacker.

[@shawnhill7504]

Don’t worry the government will feed us all on insects.😜 who needs farm land . 😡

[@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied]

If they don't put enough organic matter in the dirt will take a long time to recover

[@womp6338]

oh, you thought you had rights? good joke

[@louisebb4183]

Whatever they are mining their are giving away so Australians are not profiting from it ,and we importing food that is below our standards .

[@miltonyannis3719]

Australians will profit. They're not "giving it away", they're selling it at market prices. The company will be investing hundreds of millions of dollars, with the economic benefit estimated to be over 2 billion dollars, which includes jobs and local infrastructure. Then there are the Australian taxes they'll be paying on the profits. Not to mention the enormous potential upside for Aussie shareholders in Astron, which is listed on the ASX.

[@zerofive5991]

@@miltonyannis3719bullshit

[@KayeNash-g2o]

😮😮😢😢

[@KayeNash-g2o]

When is the next Federal election 🤔 😡

[@evelynspaghetti4978]

So, the farmers are upset that someone wants "their land" for profit hey ? Imagine that.

[@miltonyannis3719]

These farmers must be completely ignorant. Astron Corporation has held the exploration and mining licences for the vast Donald project for almost two decades! Farmers have had ample time to keep tabs on the whole development, engage with consultants and lawyers and make a sound case per the usual processes. These are the rules that EVERYBODY has to play by.....sounds like they missed the bus. Astron has a net present value at over $2 per share for stage 1 and over $5 for stage 2. They are only trading around 70c currently on the ASX. These farmers should stop whingeing and start securing their children's future. "But Dad, you knew about this project for so long. Why didn't you clean up?!!"

[@zen1647]

Hard to feel sorry for multimillionaire farmers while our planet cooks. Farmers will be first in line with their hands out for taxpayer assistance when the floods, droughts, bushfires, and irregular seasons hit.

[@itsricho3868]

So you care more about toxic lithium mining for failing "Green" technologies MORE than food on your plate? Ok mate

[@itsricho3868]

It's ironic because one of the most toxic to the planet kinds of mining is lithium mining. You climate sheep are laborious to listen to

[@mariahewitt9787]

You will own nothing and you will be happy, and you will eat zee bugs.

[@geoffbrown1518]

You obviously don't know much about farming in Australia. I ran a broadacre farm through the worst drought in a hundred years, and dealt with a major bushfire, and there wasn't a cracker in handouts.

Attacking the food bowl areas World Wide is no longer a cons_pir@cy theory it is the new reality if people dont protest on the streets and be heard next thing they will want everyone to register every single chook you own Oh thats already happening in c0mmunist run Victoria and WHO do we blame (you will bend the k nee and comply).L@b grown veggies anyon

[@petericyou856]

What crown?

[@ronthornton3466]

This ad is sponsored by the liberal party.

[@leerethus4754]

Just say your black and they will can it