There is only one landscape in Australia that can be trully said to have demonstrated such a level of environmental degradation that it can no longer be allowed to continue. The city.

Country Gal, I’m not disagreeing with you about the nature of mimosa bush. I am very familiar with it indeed. It occurs in areas that it never used to, having found cattle grazing regimes highly favourable, especially on heavy soils. So to that extent it is a native weed.

But the various other species involved in thickening and encroachment on grassland should not be thought of as weeds.

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Well Perseus, that’s a bit of a non-response. It says that you are out there reading this but that you really don’t have anything further to offer. It seems as though your abject nastiness towards others on this thread really is just all bluster with no foundation!

The Greens Party are not only hypocrites, they are a danger to Australian society as their policies lead to nothing but destruction of Australian society.

They talk about protecting the environment then call for unlimited immigration from around the world. Such policy can only harm Australia's environment. Since we're short of water, are they going to drink their own urine?

Thanks to weak politicians who listen to urban warriors who believe they know everything from listening to green propaganda, then demonise farmers who know more about the environment than most people. With protecting importing grass as native grasses, this is the stupidity of the Greens and those who bow to them.

If you want to destroy this nation and her people, vote for the Greens.

Spider: "They talk about protecting the environment then call for unlimited immigration from around the world."

Please provide evidence for this idiotic claim, e.g. a link to an official Australian Greens website that advocates "unlimited immigration from around the world". My understanding is that the Greens don't actually have a clear population policy (IMHO much to their discredit).

"Since we're short of water, are they going to drink their own urine?"

Well actually yes - once it's been purified via the well-documented processes actually planned for water recycling. I understand that the Greens are the most supportive of all political parties of the introduction of water recycling. Surely such an astute political commentator as Spider is aware of this?

"The Greens Party are not only hypocrites, they are a danger to Australian society as their policies lead to nothing but destruction of Australian society."

Nice hysterical claim, with absolutely no subsequent evidence to support it. I'm actually rather pleased when Greens opponents of the intellectual calibre of Spider emerge from under their rocks.

In the clear light of reason the electorate can be quite discerning. I think that most reasonable people see the AEF for what it is, and are therefore most unlikely to support their disingenuous bleatings.

Good post C J.

The most discreditable aspect of the Greens is indeed their lack of a meaningful population policy on which they have been willing to act, and hence the lack of a meaningful sustainability strategy.

Their policies are currently under review, shortly to be released. Lets hope there is a crystal clear population policy that is fully in line with sustainability principles, and which will amount to more than just a bunch of words as it does with the Australian Conservation Foundation.

CJ Morgan; The Greens always call for an open floodgate to take in third world refugees. They never hide it. Just because they don't put it up doesn't mean they aren't for it. Typical stance taken by Greens is to cry foul and refer only to their internet.

I have seen the Greens living their power while running the Student Guild of the QUT(Brisbane) with Drew Hutton chairing their meetings. Nice to see that only students who could prove financial membership with the Greens were allowed student union representation. All under the helm of Juanita Wheeler who was also a Greens candidate at the most recent Qld state election.

With the Greens having such an open door policy to all drugs including ICE, only mass devastation of society will eventuate. One must wonder how policies suit those running the party such as policy discrinating in against heterosexuals so that homosexuals can receive what no other can get, ie; taxfunded IVF for homosexuals.

Hey, then there's their policy of ridding Australia of primary and secondary industries leaving Australia poorer than the Filopines. We'll swimming across to the sea to New Zealand as refugees.

Greens policies are more harmful to the environment, simple as that. You can see how cuddly they are to Aboriginals until Aboriginal culture clashes with their ideology of madness.