Ed Gannon
The Weekly Times
Australia
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Past articles by Ed:
Ed Gannon: Farm deaths rising despite thinning ranks
FAR too many farmers are dying in their workplaces. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Green park could reignite Muir’s passion for politics
RICKY Muir is a name that may have slipped from the memories of most people. But it is a name that could soon be in the spotlight again, depending on the result of the state by-election in Northcote this weekend. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Peak livestock prices, peak danger
What would you do with $325,000? → Read More
Ed Gannon: Murray Goulburn a fiasco like no other
LAST Friday was a day like few others for regional Australia, with two landmark announcements. → Read More
Murray Goulburn is in a death spiral and its time is fast running out
TIGERS fans, cast your mind back to that recent glorious day at the G. Remember that exact moment when it hit you: Weve got this. → Read More
Gas squabble shows that farmers now have muscle
THE gas mess just gets worse. How can a country so abundant in natural gas now have such high domestic gas prices? And how can our political parties — of all persuasions — continue to make such a hash of the issue? → Read More
Ed Gannon: Talk of ecotourism riches just an empty promise
BEWARE the promise of ecotourism riches. Namely, the lure of an economic revival from floods of visitors seeking out natural wonders in your neck of the woods. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Our Aussie lingo owes a lot to farmers and that’s no bull
RECENTLY I wrote of a time when Australia rode on the sheeps back. And now, in the midst of the Melbourne Show, its timely to look at how much of our language rides on agricultures back. → Read More
Manuka honey: Turf war between Australia and NZ over name
WHATs in a name Plenty, it seems, when it comes to food and beverage. → Read More
Wind farms loom as ballot box issue
SEVEN years ago, in my first column in this series, I wrote of how wind farms were causing much angst in the bush. → Read More
Deer need eradicating in Victoria as they are an expensive problem
A DEER rampaging through a Ringwood funeral home last week, causing 100,000 damage, rams home a problem that is now all too obvious. → Read More
Wool industry rides back to glory on China’s shoulders
AUSTRALIA was built on the sheep’s back. How often have you heard that old chestnut? → Read More
Murray Goulburn will struggle to regain farmer trust after price collapse
TWO billion litres of milk. Its a hell of a lot of milk in anyones language and almost impossible to comprehend. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Western Bulldogs’ march into Ballarat will kick goals for the AFL
THERE is a game of footy tomorrow that is far more significant than sixth playing ninth. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Chance to end plagues in the bush deserves debate
IF YOU were offered the chance to rid Australia of mice plagues, rabbits and cane toads, would you take it? What about making disease-carrying mosquitoes merely a nasty memory? → Read More
Time to confront reality of where meat comes from
HERES a news flash: that lamb chop, rasher of bacon, porterhouse steak and barbecue chicken was once, not that long ago, a living animal. Yes, thats right, a cute calf, a frolicking lamb, a contented pig and a clucky chook. → Read More
Latrobe City Council suggests one way to put itself on map
OK, so a huge employer has left town, a major fire has caused significant health concerns, and no one is quite sure what to do with a bloody big black hole on your doorstep. So what do you do You ask media outlets to stop naming your towns in their weather maps. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Joyce and Co deserved a spray on chemical recalls
LOOK closely and you will see the word pest hidden in the title of the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Red tape and stupid rules giving paddock trees the chop
THERE are few more majestic sights than a beautiful old tree standing alone in a vast, empty paddock. But it appears that when the current crop of old paddock trees across Victoria die and topple over, there could be few new trees to replace them. → Read More
Ed Gannon: Fire service reform could be a disaster for SES
IF YOU have ever been involved in a car accident, a flood, a fire or a wild storm, you most likely know the value of the State Emergency Service. The distinctively orange-clad members of this institution have been stalwarts of the states emergency response since beginning as the Victoria Civil Defence Organisation 67 years ago. → Read More