I won’t waste words: today hurts. Victorians know, better than anyone, just how deeply.
But as we’ve seen – here in Australia and around the world – we are facing a new kind of enemy.
A virus that is smarter, and faster, and more infectious.
And until we have a vaccine, we need to do everything we can to keep this virus at bay.
In the past 24 hours, five new cases have been identified.
Soil Organic Matter and its Soil Biology affect the water holding capacity of our soils.
The lack of topsoil, Soil Organic Matter (SOM), its microbes, and the lack of a wide diversity of plants protecting and nurturing them are the most significant factors to our country’s increased desertification. Built-up areas without plants, monocultures, overgrazed paddocks, bare soil, lack of plant diversity contribute to the loss of topsoil and subsequently to the dryer, warmer soils, less humidity and increased temperatures.
This is a Middle Eastern dish inspired by the new master chef Ottolenghi. It has a Moroccan/Israeli style flavour to it and can be used both for a salad and a main course. Yotam Assaf Ottolenghi is an Israeli-English chef, restaurateur, and food writer. He is the co-owner of six delis and restaurants in London, as well as the author of several bestselling cookbooks, including Ottolenghi, Plenty, Jerusalem and Simple. Simple is for beginners; the others are complicated to say the least. This is my adaption of one of his Simple recipes.
State Opposition Leader Michael O’Brien has backed new jobs in Gippsland, supporting calls for more water availability to expand irrigation in the region. Mr O’Brien visited Gippsland last week meeting with a number of farmers, small business people and other local groups. Mr O’Brien and The Nationals Member for Gippsland South, Danny O’Brien met with Latrobe River Irrigators who are concerned about water security in the Latrobe system. The Leader of the Liberal Party backed the view that no water should be taken from irrigators or the environment as plans are finalised to rehabilitate Latrobe Valley coal mines as pit lakes.
The Andrews Labor Government is improving access to sustainable food and supporting sustainable jobs, with changes to the Kangaroo Harvesting Program that will see more meat available for Victorians to enjoy. Minister for Agriculture Mary-Anne Thomas today announced the 2021 quota allocation for the Kangaroo Harvesting Program – which has risen due to a notable increase in the estimated statewide kangaroo population in the last three years.
The Andrews Labor Government is reducing the cost of energy for Victorians doing it tough, with a one-off $250 payment to help with their energy bills. Minister for Energy, Environment and Climate Change Lily D’Ambrosio announced today that low income households can now apply for the new Power Saving Bonus.
The bonus is available to any households with a Victorian electricity account who holds a pensioner concession card or receives JobSeeker, Austudy, Abstudy or Youth Allowance. It will be available for 12 months and provide immediate financial relief to more than 900,000 Victorian households.
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