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1930 s and 40 s however regrowth had occurred so that only about 2000 acres was uncleared at the time of purchase throughout the 1980 s peter was involved in tourism in the papua new guinea highlands he became close to jiga tribesman paias wingti who when he regained office as prime minister of png bought peter to port moresby in the mid 1990 s peter drafted a national law and order policy which dealt with corruption which later may have been the reason an attempt was made on his life and encouraged a permanent return to australia to begin work as a farmer on shannon s flat peter returned to find the laws had changed and he could no longer manage the regrowth to return the land to productivity in 1997 the federal government under john howard decided to meet its kyoto protocol commitments with shifty accounting they offset greenhouse gas emissions with uncleared vegetation on private property to avoid any obligation for compensation under the australian constitution legislation to prevent land clearing was used at state level nsw premier bob carr introduced the native vegetation act peter attempted to use his land gainfully with a trout fishing enterprise this ran into water problems he set up a fine wool breeding program in association with csiro the canberra fires of 2003 destroyed surrounding national parks driving dogs and kangaroos onto his property killing many of his sheep in 2005 peter commenced legal action for just compensation for the loss of his property rights read the war on farmers by peter spencer written in 2006 further references for the above background information http evacuationgrounds blogspot com p peter spencer html farmers are pushed beyond limit by micheal duffy white tribesman at home in a wild world the australian hunger strike up a wind mast is an act of tragedies by micheal duffy peter spencer s background story part 2 of 3 peter spencer s background story part 3 of 3 posted by unknown at 22 04 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels farmers just terms compensation kyoto protocol legal native vegetation act peter spencer property rights vegetation management friday 11 may 2018 peter spencer not giving up back to the high court peter spencer is not giving up he is taking his case all the way back to the highest court in the land the high court first published march 21 in a facebook post peter writes i am writing this brief to bring all supporters up to date with developments surrounding the ongoing court proceedings in the struggle for property rights in australia this submission will is supported by a number of documents being the high court of austral ia hca application for leave to appeal and the hca letter of acknowledgement and instructions i do point out the number of applications made to the hca for leave to appeal are successful at the ratio of only 6 to 8 of the applications 92 to 94 are rejected and that means for them there is no other appeal path however previously an application to appeal in this matter acd 24 2007 was granted that right in appeal from the federal court of australia fca and the judgement of emmet j and the fca full bench this application was successfully heard and judgement handed down on september 1 2010 it was significant in that all 7 high court judges agreed with our application in this matter as submitted we are saying that the fca did not adhere to the hca of australia s orders handed down in the september 2010 judgement therefore there may be a higher potential for the hca to hear this matter further i do point out in making that statement that is only my opinion i have no experience in such matters it must be appreciated the respondents have the right to defend the judgement and oppose our submissions thank you all for hanging in there for the long duration such a saga and thank you for your ongoing support peter spencer the immediate requirement is that peter spencer needs 10 000 of donations by about 9 april to keep this appeal on track payment methods for the farmers property rights fighting fund please remember any payment is appreciated and needed property rights is a fundamental institution of our liberty method 1 crowd funding link www gofundme com property rights high court appeal utm please provide an email to leslie hillam with details of any payment see below method 2 payment using pay pal facilities supporters intending donations find it on pay pal web site this is the procedure the supporter goes to the paypal site on the web and accesses the payment indicator advising that they want to pay money the page will request the code needed to identify who the payment is for then type in this id ozpond live com and that is the access code to the instructions and payment will process thru to the farmers property rights fighting fund please provide an email to leslie hillam with details of any payment see below method 3 for direct payments to the tower of hope bank account the tower of hope bank account details national australia bank bsp no 082 535 account no 48 464 3925 the account is in the name of the peter spencer tower of hope national australia bank please provide an email to leslie hillam with details of any payment see below method 4 for direct payments to the fighting funds bank account in dubbo the fighting fund bank account details are as below bsb no 032646 account no 494974 the account is in the name of the nsw regional survival group fighting fund at westpac in dubbo farmers fighting fund administrator s contact details lesley hillam e mail address lesley hillam bigpond com for any assistance with payments regarding all above methods and notice of all payments please go to the support peter spencer australian farmers facebook page for a lot more information posted there last night in a 4 part series part 1 advice provided by barrister peter king to peter spencer dated 28 february 2018 https www facebook com permalink php story_fbid 10 157258718078047 id 2349175 23046 part 2 application for special leave to appeal https www facebook com permalink php story_fbid 10 157258924763047 id 2349175 23046 part 3 response letter from the high court confirming spencer s application for special leave and setting out the timeline for further submissions https www facebook com permalink php story_fbid 10 157258956508047 id 2349175 23046 part 4 peter spencer s email links to articles published by alan moran and david evans peter also writes i intend to brief as many farmers as possible on the judgment the decision to attend the high court for leave to appeal and the reasons anyone who can organize meetings 50 or so farmers and as many meetings in one general area as close together so my visit is productive https www facebook com permalink php story_fbid 10 157259021058047 id 2349175 23046 posted by unknown at 18 53 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels appeal courts fighting fund native vegetation act peter spencer property rights tree laws there is a better way first published at beef central 24 april 2018 there is a better way in social media capitals denotes shouting and this is what many qld farmers and graziers feel like doing caught out in the midst of the rough and tumble of the latest match of vegetation management political football the frustration is palpable as seen in the rural media social commentary in submissions to this latest bill and to the inquiry hearings the people who provide food for the table of queenslanders all australians and also contribute to the economy through exports are feeling demoralised denigrated and misunderstood the explanation given by the palaszczuk government for the latest changes to the vegetation management act vma and the contrived debate in the lead up is not the reality known to those who live and work with these rural landscapes statistics are used out of context to create alarm and an imperative to toughen up the vma but if government did care to listen and embark on genuine consultation and two way communication with food producers it would learn that at fault is not what adjustment is made to the vma but the very basis of the vma is at fault a different approach is needed there is a better way at the longreach hearing dominic burden chairman of natural resource management group desert channels queensland called for an outcomes approach instead of regulatory approach an outcomes based approach allows for some flexibility in achieving that goal and can produce some innovative methods for managing vegetation that cannot be achieved through prescriptive systems i at the cairns hearing justin macdonnell outlined how the government s use of vegetation management as a political football creates fear encourages what clearing can be done and is punitive to prudent land managers we need to see vegetation management resolved and removed as a political football it is not acceptable for you to trade my family s future and the future of people in this room and our viability just so you can attract some political gain and achieve favourable preference deals by chasing inner city green votes ii in the submission that i wrote i never bothered with what provisions were in the bill but tried to communicate the frustration of the bush and to leave the prescriptive approach using the tools of control coercion to an outcomes approach using the tools of cooperation on ground reality and respect such methodology creates distrust division and resentment it creates minimal adherence to an alien constraint to the realities that agricultural producers live work and know the urban politician who make these types of laws and the public servant who administers the law appear oblivious to how they through these legislative instruments indifference and ignorance cripple the farming community and all those other levels of the community reliant on farmers being able to continue effective and profitable farming iii the palaszczuk government would do well to replicate the approach taken by major general michael jeffery as the national soil advocate in his report restore the soil prosper the nation it calls for collaboration and knowledge sharing this is a call for a better way we should aspire to of how environmental considerations are meshed with agricultural production the policy will recognise australia s soil water and vegetation as key national natural strategic assets better support our 130 000 farmers as stewards of about 60 percent of the australian continent and seek to reconnect urban australians with their rural roots through establishing school gardens in every primary and junior high school through the national curriculum the policy will support long term research directed at priorities identified through a stocktake of our scientific knowledge of soils and research development and extension capacity and where possible encourage regulatory consistency for farmers iv there is a better way which is not the false different approach in an opinion piece last week where it was proposed that farmers and environmentalists should bypass governments and work together for goodness sake allowing environmental non government organisations engo have such a large input is why landowners find themselves in the current untenable situation talk to landowners who represented agricultural interests on government tree clearing consultant reference committees over the years negotiations prior to the introduction of the vma were marred by the practice of the engo s engaging landowners to reach a compromise position the ink was barely dry on signing off on an agreement and another campaign would launched by the engo s leading to another round of negotiations it s called the ratchet effect take up control one click at a time at the same time the engo s would be trying to short circuit the negotiations by getting in government s ear for an insight into the disingenuous underhanded way that engo s approach negotiation with farmers read what they say themselves in the document rethinking deliberative governance dissecting the queensland landclearing campaign look under the heading of rethinking deliberative governance on the top of page 7 v the queensland seafood industry association qsia has been forced into a reform process by the qld government and are questioning the role of environmental groups environmental groups pose a significant threat to the long term viability of the commercial seafood industry in queensland the queensland seafood industry association will continue to advocate for the removal of any environmental group representative on working groups the interest of the environment can be protected by government agencies that have a conservation mandate the great barrier reef marine park authority and department of national parks sport and racing why then should environmental special interest groups have a seat at the policy table with commercial and recreational groups as well government vi vii wwf has revealed in its submission that beyond the government s current amendments that wwf wishes to ratchet up further controls this includes removing the protections of pmav mapping severely restrict the use of bulldozers to push mulga to feed livestock in drought and have graziers lop mulga and that thinning operations be done selectively with a chainsaw this is the organisation that on a number of occasions called regrowth control deforestation now marry this thought with the policy of the wwf initiated global roundtable for sustainable beef grsb of zero deforestation viii the author of the above mentioned opinion piece calling for farmers and environmentalists to work together greg brown when as president of cattle council australia tried to take the entire australian beef supply chain into membership of grsb a new approach is needed for environmental law without change the engo s will continue to ratchet up a click at a time tighter controls just as a python constricts its victim the qld alp appear addicted to the need of a new calamity scenario at election time to gain that extra few percentage of votes to get a few candidates over the line not only should the different agricultural sectors unite against this unacceptable situation but also stand with other primary producers and support qsia call for removal of engo s from the policy table there is a better way i page 8 http www parliament qld gov au documents committees sdnraidc 2018 5vegmanagolab2018 trns ph 29mar2017l pdf ii page 39 http www parliament qld gov au documents committees sdnraidc 2018 5vegmanagolab2018 trns ph 13apr2018 pdf iii https evacuationgrounds blogspot com au 2018 04 why bother html iv http www soilsforlife org au announcements restore the soil prosper the nation v http www thechangeagency org tag james whelan vi https qsia com au 2018 04 16 questioning the role of environmental groups vii https qsia com au 2018 04 11 conservation groups and fisheries reform viii h...