Chinese want to buy Renmark airport
"On Saturday, I drove along the Canola Highway from Grong Grong to Old Junee. Somewhere along the route is a large sign advertising a joint Australia-China agricultural project. None of China's massive interest in Australian agriculture is particularly secret."
I grew up in Junee - please please please can we sell it to the chinese, and please can they pack it all up and take it to China with all its resident ferals. Please!
I grew up in Junee - please please please can we sell it to the chinese, and please can they pack it all up and take it to China with all its resident ferals. Please!
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Thank you, Trevor.
Your post lightened an otherwise dull day.
I then read a little earlier that somebody had screamed 'racist' in an attempt to draw attention to his point of view.
We need more people like that.
Your post lightened an otherwise dull day.
I then read a little earlier that somebody had screamed 'racist' in an attempt to draw attention to his point of view.
We need more people like that.
Timocracy,
You can read, just not to well, Renmark airport is not dying and I support the fruit growers. If the market is there then we should seize the opportunity without selling our asset base in the process. Keeping in mind that right now fruit growers are facing water restrictions, no water no produce.
Nothing wrong with an international flying school, but it would serve the state and GA better if it were at Parafield, same money just different location.
Trust that clarifies.
You can read, just not to well, Renmark airport is not dying and I support the fruit growers. If the market is there then we should seize the opportunity without selling our asset base in the process. Keeping in mind that right now fruit growers are facing water restrictions, no water no produce.
Nothing wrong with an international flying school, but it would serve the state and GA better if it were at Parafield, same money just different location.
Trust that clarifies.
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Significant resent improvements around 90% allocation at the moment, had been desperately lower a few months back with advice that some grape growers may need to consider their future.
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It is wine grapes that are in over supply and the Chinese don't want our wine, not yet anyway.
Things went belly up thanks largely to a massive increase in plantings by major corporations cashing in on the boom 15 years back. Couple that with our high production costs compared to our South African and South American competitors and the over allocation of water rights which had to be pulled back and thus drove water prices through the roof. This combination has resulted in wine grape production being borderline viable. The big corporate wine grape growers had the links to secure winery contracts but the small grape grower was often unable to secure a contract.
When this scenario plays out often all you can do is turn the tap off and sell your water.
Malthusian principles of greed I guess.
Things went belly up thanks largely to a massive increase in plantings by major corporations cashing in on the boom 15 years back. Couple that with our high production costs compared to our South African and South American competitors and the over allocation of water rights which had to be pulled back and thus drove water prices through the roof. This combination has resulted in wine grape production being borderline viable. The big corporate wine grape growers had the links to secure winery contracts but the small grape grower was often unable to secure a contract.
When this scenario plays out often all you can do is turn the tap off and sell your water.
Malthusian principles of greed I guess.
There was a proposal some years back by local Sunraysia business people to extend one of the RWYs at Mildura to take up to 747 sized aircraft, both to theoretically fly local fruit produce including from S.A. direct to overseas markets, and fly in tourists.
The parties then became aware that it wasn't simply a RWY extension exercise, but an upgrade of the airport to international standard was required, with the associated Customs, AQIS & Immigration presence, airport security upgrade etc. etc., and the proposal died.
However the Chinese would probably have the money to make this all happen somewhere if they deemed it worthwhile
The parties then became aware that it wasn't simply a RWY extension exercise, but an upgrade of the airport to international standard was required, with the associated Customs, AQIS & Immigration presence, airport security upgrade etc. etc., and the proposal died.
However the Chinese would probably have the money to make this all happen somewhere if they deemed it worthwhile
