1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: Well, here's a little bit of good news for farmers 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:04,559 Speaker 1: on the eve of field days. They're not going to 3 00:00:04,640 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: have to pay for their emissions. How good is that? 4 00:00:07,280 --> 00:00:10,080 Speaker 1: The government's just announced it's taking agriculture back out of 5 00:00:10,119 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: the etes, which is where it's always been until the 6 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:16,759 Speaker 1: last gave Labor government put it into the ets. Where 7 00:00:16,800 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 1: it's supposed to have been was obviously outside of it, 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,480 Speaker 1: and that's where it should always be, because the idea 9 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:23,599 Speaker 1: of putting a climate tax on farmers who provide the 10 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,040 Speaker 1: food that we need to survive is just crazy. It 11 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:28,639 Speaker 1: is so crazy an idea that, as far as I 12 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:32,120 Speaker 1: can tell, no other country in the world does it. Now. 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:35,599 Speaker 1: Labour's threat to farmers, if you recall, was that unless 14 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,200 Speaker 1: that was basically that they were in the etes, unless 15 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 1: they could find another way to pay for their emissions. 16 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: So there's likely going to be an expectation that farmers 17 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 1: will still have to find that other way, and frankly, 18 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:46,920 Speaker 1: I hope they don't have to. I hope that we 19 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: just give up on the stupid idea, because making farmers 20 00:00:49,479 --> 00:00:52,840 Speaker 1: pay to grow the food that we need is absolutely nuts. 21 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:55,920 Speaker 1: I'm not having an argument about whether climate change is 22 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: real or not, because of course it's real. And I'm 23 00:00:57,560 --> 00:00:59,800 Speaker 1: also not having an argument about whether we should make 24 00:00:59,840 --> 00:01:02,520 Speaker 1: an to reduce emissions if we can. Of course we should, 25 00:01:02,520 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 1: and it should always be within reason. But I am 26 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: prepared to argue black and blue about how far you 27 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:10,400 Speaker 1: take that idea. I think that idea was taken too 28 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,640 Speaker 1: far when the Labor Party put farmers in the ets. 29 00:01:13,680 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 1: It went too far because the natural end point of 30 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:20,119 Speaker 1: making farmers pay for their climate emissions is that it's 31 00:01:20,160 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 1: another cost of farming, which means our farmers would then 32 00:01:23,680 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: farm fewer animals. And that's not up for debate. It 33 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: was in the documents that's what was going to happen. 34 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 1: Farmers were going to farm fewer animals, therefore they would 35 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: produce less meat and milk for us. Therefore we would 36 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:37,880 Speaker 1: be we'd have fewer humans being fed. Therefore our country 37 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,760 Speaker 1: would be poorer because we would be selling less to 38 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:42,120 Speaker 1: the world. And the endpoint, when you get to that endpoint, 39 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,680 Speaker 1: that's crazy. You shouldn't be doing that. For a moment 40 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: that we got absolutely carried away with the conviction that 41 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 1: the climate change was the most important thing that we 42 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,520 Speaker 1: were dealing with. Let's just get this straight. Climate change 43 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:59,680 Speaker 1: is important, it is not the most important thing that 44 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:03,240 Speaker 1: we are dealing with. It does not trump absolutely everything 45 00:02:03,280 --> 00:02:06,080 Speaker 1: else that we are doing. I would argue feeding your 46 00:02:06,160 --> 00:02:09,239 Speaker 1: kids is more important than dealing with climate change. I 47 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 1: would argue that having the money in the country to 48 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:14,639 Speaker 1: educate our kids is more important than dealing with climate change. 49 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: I'll also argue being able to head up your home 50 00:02:17,120 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: in winter so that you don't get sick is more 51 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: important than dealing with climate change. Absolutely deal with climate 52 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 1: change as well, but these things come first. So thank 53 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: goodness for this announcement because this is absolutely correcting our priorities. 54 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: For more from Hither Duplicy Alan Drive, listen live to 55 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 1: News Talk said B from four pm weekdays, or follow 56 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio.