We haven't heard much of Julia Gillard's speech today, as we have been backwards and forwards to the local hospital in anticpation of She Who Must Be Obeyed's discharge.
We did however hear the moment where Ms Gillard announced that Australia will, in cricketing parlance accept the umpire's decision, and allow the importation of apples from New Zealand.
That is great news for the industry. One of our Facebook friends is closely involved in apple-growing, and she will doubtless be delighted with the Aussie PM's generous concession of defeat in this long-running stoush. Our horticultural friend from the deep south may wish to share his thoughts.
We'll have more to say on the speech in general once we have heard it, but we are certainly pleased for those who have pushed so hard on the apple issue.
2 comments:
Good out-come.
Lets hope the underlings in australia play ball.
orchardists I know will be very happy with the prospect of a new market.
Have you read this Inv@?
Very revealing.
Trim The Fat? Why Not Cut The Crap Instead?
John Key and Bill English have stated many times that our state sector is bloated, and that if state spending is not slashed we risk a credit rating downgrade.
This has now been exposed as a falsehood.
Here is the text of a press release from Standard and Poor’s (h/t Bryce Edwards):
Wellington, Feb 16 NZPA - There is little fat in the state sector to find savings from, international ratings agency Standard & Poor's says.
http://www.imperatorfish.com/2011/02/trim-fat-why-not-cut-crap-instead.html
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