Simon Barbary

Great thread …you’re missing helium. Qatar’s output drops 14% for 3-5 years. You can’t make helium. It’s captured as a byproduct of natural gas. Why we need it?? MRI machines (cools the magnets, no substitute), semiconductor fabs (carrier gas in chip manufacturing), rocket and satellite testing, fiber optics, quantum computing research! The global helium market was already tight to begin with …The US Federal Helium Reserve in Amarillo has been winding down for years. :( There’s no OPEC for helium. No one’s turning on a spare tap. 14% helium cut is about to ripple through hospitals…chip production and aerospace. And unlike gas, there’s no spot market to scramble into! Worth adding to your notes.

@coyle_tim Take the handle off.

What type of setup have people made up to lock this type of Diesel tank tap?

That's a relief! ⛽ Should cover spraying. More needed for #plant26

In a blatant betrayal of rural Victoria, the Allan Government used its numbers on Wednesday, March 4th, to ram through cowardly legislative amendments. These new laws effectively legalize state-sanctioned trespass, handing multi-national energy companies the keys to bulldoze generational family farms. “The Allan Government isn't just ignoring the regions; they are actively orchestrating the destruction of rural Victoria,” said Andrew Weidemann, Convenor and Chair of the Across Victoria Alliance. WMEAP are a proud member of the Across Victoria Alliance. We support alliance member Farmers Fightback Wallaloo & Gre Gre District Alliance in the farmerfightback.com campiagn. #vicpol2026 #auspol #vicgrid #JacintaAllan #foodsecurity #bendigo #bendigocommunity #bencarroll #ellensandell #georgiepurcell #rachelpayne #rushedrenewablerollout

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@Mon4Kooyong That isn't how it works Dr Ryan. The excise is paid at the point of fuel purchase and then refunded later when off road users (farmers, fishers, miners) submit their claim. Not a single cent comes from the taxpayer. You are either ignorant or lying.

@brendanw59 Have you got cameras on the ripper to monitor it for blockage etc.?

We were at Merton doing some recreational fencing for a mate when I get a phone call from the neighbour. “I think Ive fucked your tractor I just went over to video it working to show the kids and it stopped! Sorry. Oh shit wait a second it’s just going again!” 😂😂😂

Maximise your time at AgApply and check out the Growers Services demo day tomorrow at Plos Rd Griffith from 9am. You'll see the new Goldacres G8 Crop Cruiser Series 3, the AgXeed and Goldacres Prarie-Pro trailing with Weedetect NIR, plus the full Goldacres team on site too.

We're preparing a submission to this Inquiry and are calling on members and rural communities to provide info on: 👉Fire preparedness & planning 👉Impact on farms & ag 👉Emergency response & resources 👉Land & fuel management 👉Infrastructure resilience (power, water & comms) 👉Recovery & community support Tell us: shorturl.at/yydSb #vicfarmers

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@MalleeAg71414 This is a grassroots campaign, for ALL Australian’s that are sick to death of government interference and policy’s that are holding back Australia. Please go to Farmers Fightback website or on Facebook and sign up, get you family and friends to sign up so we can push back.

Yes, it's true based on international carbon accounting rules (UNFCCC). For coal/gas exports, combustion emissions are counted in the importing country, so the footprint is "exported." For beef/wine, production emissions (like methane from cattle or farming) stay in Australia's inventory, even if exported. This highlights inconsistencies in global tracking.

5/2/26 Taxing Australian's investments higher is coming. The AVA conference registration is available and seats are limited, come along and see if it is the misinformation conference as @JacintaAllanMP claims. trybooking.com/events/landing… #vicvotes2026 #auspol2026 #ausag #acrossvictoriaalliance

Anyone got any second hand 20.8 x 42 or 520/85R42 tires in reasonable condition they would sell? SA Mallee or close to would be great. #agtwitter

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Yarriambiack Shire Council rightly asks for a pause on energy & mining project consultation. Who would schedule a major project inquiry during harvest in a cropping area? The inquiry ran weekdays only, 3 of 5 weeks in Melbourne. Is the continual request for consultation a deliberate attempt to exhaust and disengage communities? Councils also have limited resources and funding for these activities. #warracknabealenergypark facebook.com/share/p/17uSDN…

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Celiac disease predates glyphosate by decades. If glyphosate caused celiac disease, a single well-designed epidemiological study should show it. After 40+ years, none do.

Lack of fire mitigation and mobile phone tower backup power are the recurring themes to lost lives and destruction of both private property and sensitive native ecosystems in Australia. Coroners enquiry after coroners enquiry make the same findings, including after our tragic 2015 Esperance bushfires. That governments need to do more staged hazard reduction burns, and key phone towers need longer backup power supplies. So why is nothing done about it? Well, as they say, follow the money. The nub of the fuel loading problem comes from the fact that the federal government reimburses states for dealing with emergencies, but not for preventing them - ie mitigation. Reform is needed in the federal-state funding arrangements which presently reward state governments for NOT mitigating risk. The 2014 Productivity Commission Inquiry Report into Natural Disaster Funding identified both the problem and the solution, and found that $1 spent on mitigation saves $11 spent on emergency management. Everyone wins if we sort this out. Someone just has to pick up the shovel and get on with it. It seems apparent in early reports from the ongoing catastrophic Victorian bushfires that budget cuts to hazard reduction burning and roadside fuel load management programs have again contributed to the unfolding disaster. And speaking from experience, it is still a deciding factor leading to the avoidable escalation of major bushfires here in WA. When we turn up to these fires in 200+ year old unburnt bushland, we know it's going to be carnage. Two more volunteer firefighters have tragically died since 2015 just in our area dealing with fires that went ballistic on unmanaged crown land. The worst neighbour you can have is the government - because they don't manage their fire risk, but we still all go in when it turns to custard. The Productivity Commission report - published over a decade ago - made some clear ink-ready recommendations for funding reforms to incentivise prevention, rather than waiting for inevitable catastrophe. Regarding phone tower backup power supplies, the government just needs to put the screws on Telstra to sort out what is a simple technical matter. The federal Government and state Governments need to step up to the plate on this now. Enough is enough. Heaven forbid we need yet more coroners enquiries before something real is done about it.