James Jackson
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- Sep 16, 2026
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The Gauge: What exactly do we mean when we talk about 'animal welfare'? (opens the original)
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I have been involved in animal welfare policy for a long time with NSW Farmers and it never ceases to amaze me how many people, politicians and organisations struggle to understand what "animal welfare" actually means. For many years NSW Farmers was one of these organisations with a vague anthropomorphic approach to a definition, and then, under Jim McDonald's stewardship, we sorted it out. The internationally recognised definition used by the OIE (now the World Organisation for Animal Health) s
The Gauge: Has it become too expensive to be a landlord in rural Australia? (opens the original)
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I recently bought a nice piece of grass a few kilometres from the Ponderosa which had a rambling five-bedroom house on it. It was a rabbit warren with a few problems and needed a bit of love to get it up to scratch. It turned out like one of Kevin McLeod's disaster renovations. A bit of a paint job turned into a $100,000 renovation on a house with a limited rental appeal due to it being miles from town. There is plenty of discussion about the cost of housing in Australia, but rather less about t
The Gauge: Make the most of your woodpile - it's a natural solar battery (opens the original)
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Winter is an excellent opportunity to exercise another set of muscles as you swing the blockbuster down at the woodpile. In my youth my father told me to "split a couple of tonnes of firewood if you're really cold" - it warms you up even before you put it in the fire. You have a bit of time for reflection at the woodshed gym. A tree spends years turning sunlight, water and carbon dioxide into solid fuel. In that sense, the woodshed is not a quaint leftover from another era; it is a battery charg
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