Mike Funnell

#Birds What do you think about this? British-owned beef giant CPC has been granted a permit to poison and kill 20,000 native galahs and little corellas at one of their vast cattle stations in the NT, Australia. In its permit application, CPC admits its practices created the problem: “grain production, on-site storage, and cattle feeding have provided an artificial food source.” Ornithologist Dr Lilleyman was "shocked" to learn of the NT government's decision to grant the permit. She said that Birdlife Australia is concerned about the potential for secondary poisoning of non-target species occurring close to "an internationally significant wetland". CPC has ten cattle stations on about 9 million acres. They supply cattle and beef to Asian markets, domestic feedlots and processors, and export live cattle. The company is owned by Guy and Julia Hands through the Hands Family Office. They live in Guernsey after leaving England to avoid UK tax. CPC has also applied for massive water licenses for irrigation projects to grow grain sorghum and other crops which will inevitably attract even more birds. So what happens then? Even wider-scale poisoning of native wildlife?

No, seriously… the impact & consequences of the @AustralianLabor Budget is only hitting me now. I was angry. I knew I’d be angry. But now I’m despondent and I can’t stop crying at the reality of it. So many millions of people, unnecessarily suffering. For what? And WHY???

360,000 people seeking charity in food banks every month. #RaiseTheRate is so necessary. I haven’t heard a peep, and it seems the silence is the message. I hope that’s not true. How can we discuss the disadvantage and ignore its true causes? How? #auspol