Opinion

  • Inflation risks are over inflated

    Inflation risks are over inflated

    ANYONE who has listened to the new Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers talk about rising inflation would be forgiven for thinking he had just discovered fire.…

  • Misogyny? Me? Just ask me missus what she says

    Misogyny? Me? Just ask me missus what she says

    The Whacker has been accused, by some irate reader, of practising the evil art of misogyny. Well the old Whacker has been called a lot…

  • Some of these guys are barking made

    Some of these guys are barking made

    ONCE upon a time, farmers were not just into animal husbandry, they relied on them to actually get that job done. Stock horses, the magnificent…

  • I’m not so gift rapt

    I’m not so gift rapt

    THE WHACKER ARE you gifted out? ‘Cos I’m here to tell you I am. Let me just run through the problem for you. First in…

  • Still the same?

    Still the same?

    What will we blame when we reach net zero and we are still getting wet, burnt and thirsty? I was fixing a flood crossing for…

  • Web of intrigue in the wine industry

    Web of intrigue in the wine industry

      IT’S been pretty cold, so it’s been good in the tractor completing a contract pruning and slowly knocking our block into shape over the…

  • It’s critical the boss is a cow lover

    It’s critical the boss is a cow lover

    I have been saying for a while now that our farm needs to sack the boss (me, not Sally, she is too important). So we…

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