Save Australia, save the world

Save Australia, save the world: Destroy the greenies!

Just within the last week, the international LaRouche movement has launched two extraordinary video productions (see below) which will demolish the central axioms of the Green Fascism now destroying both Australia and the world as a whole. That is, these videos embody the clear potential to do so, but only if you and your family, and your friends and neighbors, actually watch them, and spread them everywhere you can. If you don’t, you personally are not only an irresponsible jerk, but you and your loved ones will suffer the consequences, not simply of the Second Great Depression now sweeping the globe, but also of the global warfare which inevitably accompanies such depressions. Given the mounting, depression-driven tensions between the world’s major powers over Syria, Iran and other places, leading military figures in the U.S., in Russia, in China, and elsewhere have openly warned in recent days and weeks that such warfare will almost certainly escalate to thermonuclear exchanges, which could well extinguish the entire human race.

In fact, the same British Crown which created the world’s Green Fascist movement in order to “cull” the world’s population down from 7 billion to 1 billion or less, in the oft-repeated words of Prince Philip, is now scheming to provoke precisely such a thermonuclear war between the U.S. on the one side, and Russia and China on the other. This is its strategy to allow the otherwise now-collapsing, trans-Atlantic British financial empire to rule whatever remains of the world after such a holocaust has destroyed Eurasia and America, and probably much of the rest of the world besides.

But the Depression, and an ensuing World War, both arise from the world’s continued adherence to the lying “limits to growth”-premised, fake science of “environmentalism” which is now strangling the physical economy of the world, and which also serves as the rationale to simply shut down the Murray-Darling Basin—to destroy the lives of not only its hard-working, long-suffering residents, but also those of the 60 million other human beings which the Basin presently feeds.

If you thought “global warming” was a lying scam, you ain’t seen nothing yet.

The Extinction of Empire. Released on 26th January by the LaRouche Political Action Committee in the United States, statesman and physical economist Lyndon LaRouche and his scientific “Basement Team” present the evidence of the last 500 million years of life on earth: that mankind—like all species which ever came before him—can only survive by increasing its “energy-flux density”. (As happened with the development of new, more energy-dense powers of photosynthesis in newly-evolving plant species, for instance, upon which new, more highly-developed forms of animals then fed.) By contrast, any plant or animal species—such as the dinosaurs—which were not able to increase their “command over nature” in that fashion, simply disappeared in mass extinction events, and were replaced by entire new species which did embody such an upward, rigorously-demonstrable evolutionary shift in energy-flux density.

Today, such an upward evolutionary shift for mankind means mastering and deploying fission and fusion power on a mass scale; developing even higher forms of energy production such as matter-antimatter reactions; and re-launching a great program in space colonisation (beginning with colonising the Moon and Mars) which alone can secure human existence in a solar system otherwise now threatened by major shifts in the cosmic radiation and other galactic processes which have unleashed the recent extreme changes in weather over the past year or so—including the devastating density of earthquakes, tsunamis, etc.

Unlike animals, we human beings each possess unique creative powers of mind. We therefore either utilize these uniquely human creative powers to develop our command over nature through new scientific and technological breakthroughs, or we will almost assuredly suffer a mass extinction event—one way or the other—just as almost all of the millions of plant and animal species before us have suffered repeatedly over the last 500 million years of the known geological history of the earth. The animals had no choice; we humans do, but only if we rid humanity of the grim reaper of the British Crown’s Green Fascism, in favor of real science.

Click here to watch The Extinction of Empire online.

‘Ecosystems’: A Genocidal Fraud. All of the “science” used to justify shutting down the Murray-Darling Basin—and therefore much of our nation’s food supply—rests upon a single concept: that of the “ecosystem”. But a remarkable new film from the BBC, amplified by additional research by the Citizens Electoral Council, proves that notion to have been a witting lie since it was first invented in 1935 by the notorious British imperialist and eugenicist, Sir Arthur Tansley. Tansley’s personal protégés were deployed to Australia to run the plot to shut down the Basin. They are liars, and they know it. This video discredits forever the notion of “ecosystems”, and the lying, genocidal British imperial quacks who have promoted it.

For a free copy of the DVD ‘Ecosystems’: A Genocidal Fraud, click here.

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DOES THE FOOD INDUSTRY NEED NEW REGULATION?

The Department of Trade and Industry describes the food and beverage industry as the “lynchpin of New Zealand's prosperity”. Representing a half of all New Zealand's merchandise exports by value, the industry has a “crucial influence on our economy”.

In his first major speech of 2012, Prime Minister John Key also highlighted the importance of food production to our national wellbeing: “Looking ahead, I am very confident about New Zealand's prospects. There are huge opportunities out there for New Zealand. We are a food-producing country in a world that is demanding more high-quality food. A growing middle class in China, India and across Asia is tuning in to the goods and services New Zealand can supply.”

With that in mind, the total revamp of the food industry that will take place under the government’s proposed new Food Bill, is an important issue for the country. This is legislation that was instigated in 2003 by a Labour government that was obsessed about regulating food, having poured hundreds of millions of dollars into a wide range of initiatives from policing school tuckshops to fast-tracking obesity reduction measures. However, given the country’s dismal experience of two other sweeping reforms that were prepared by former Labour governments to be passed by National (namely the hugely problematic Child Support Act and the Resource Management Act) additional care is surely called for regarding the Food Bill – especially as New Zealand already suffers from an over-abundance of stultifying rules and wealth-destroying regulations.

The food industry, which consists of 35,000 food businesses along with 200,000 part-time food traders, provides 1 in 5 New Zealand jobs. It is one of our most innovative sectors, which the growing popularity of Farmers Markets demonstrates, with their promise of fresh foodstuffs direct from grower to consumer. Successful entrepreneurs who produce world class foods and beverages - like Charlie’s Orange Juice or Lisa’s Hummus - often start in a family kitchen.

The Food Bill has been sitting on Parliament’s Order Paper since 2010 when it was reported back with unanimous cross-party support from a Select Committee, having attracted only 66 submissions.[1] As it stands, the Bill would introduce a new regulatory regime for food makers and suppliers by requiring businesses to tailor their food safety procedures to the level of risk they manage. The intention is to reduce the incidence of foodborne disease and further align our food safety requirements with those of our trading partners.

Under the Bill, high risk businesses such as restaurants or baby food manufacturers would be required to operate under a regulated “food control plan”, whereas businesses in the medium risk category such as bakeries or pre-packaged food manufacturers would be regulated under “national programmes”. Low risk businesses, such as those running roadside stalls, selling their own home-grown produce at markets, or operating charity sausage sizzles, would simply receive free information on “food handler guidance” describing how to ensure their foodstuffs are safe for consumers. Householders growing their own produce or swapping with others would not be affected.

According to the Bill’s Regulatory Impact Statement the economic cost to New Zealand from foodborne illness in 2009 was estimated to be $86 million per year.[2] However, a new study commissioned by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries has nearly doubled this estimate to $162 million![3] On closer examination, the new report, which provides an analysis of the total economic cost to the country of six foodborne illnesses - Campylobacteriosis, Salmonellosis, Norovirus, Yersiniosis, STEC and Listeriosis - during 2010, shows the breakdown of the $162 million as follows:

• Cost of treatment - $6 million
- $5 m cost of hospitalisation
- $1 m in GP costs
• Cost of food industry regulation and supervision - $16 m
• Cost of business compliance - $12 m
• Loss of work output due to illness - $27 m
• Residual private cost - $100 m

In other words, out of the so-called $162 million cost of foodborne illness - that is being used to justify a massive re-regulation of the food industry - only $6 million is the direct cost of health care. The rest is made up of the cost of setting and complying with food hygiene standards, workforce losses caused when people are ill, with the lion’s share of the cost a guestimate of the value private individuals place on not getting sick! Put simply, the $162 million cost to justify the Bill is a gross exaggeration of what most people understand to be the real ‘cost’ of illness.

In 2006, as a result of the rising rate of campylobacter food poisoning - which peaked at almost 16,000 notified cases - various sectors of the food industry involved in high risk foods like chicken, entered into voluntary food control arrangements aimed at reducing the incidence of infection. This new methodology is largely responsible for having halved the incidence of campylobacter since 2006. With such voluntary arrangements showing the way, many in the food industry are now asking whether there really is a problem that needs to be solved through a massive re-regulation of the industry - or whether the necessary improvement could be achieved through minor tweaking of problem areas.

A question that springs to mind is how much food poisoning occurs as a result of poor food handling practices in the home, but recent figures are hard to come by. A report that covered the period from 1998 to 2001 found that 34 percent of food poisoning outbreaks originated in hotels, restaurants or other eating establishments, 32 percent in private homes, 9 percent in workplaces, schools or kindergartens, 6 percent in hospitals or residential institutions, 2 percent from retailers, 1 percent from caterers, none from food manufacturers, and 16 percent were either unknown or from other sources.[4] A 2010 study, which looked at the commercial origins of foodborne illness outbreaks, found almost 90 percent came from restaurants, cafes and takeaways, with less than 10 percent from caterers, supermarkets, and other food outlets. In other words, the way we handle food in our homes remains a crucial matter when it comes to the incidence of foodborne illness.[5]

This week’s Guest Commentator is Dr Eric Crampton, a Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Canterbury, who has also been looking into aspects of the Food Bill. He worries that the cost burden associated with the new Bill will become a disincentive to entrepreneurship: “Perhaps worse than my potential loss of choice as a consumer is the loss of an easy pathway to small-scale entrepreneurship. Even if the monetary costs of registration as a food producer are low, Wellington often weighs too lightly the discrete hurdle thrown in front of a potential entrepreneur who has never otherwise had to worry about compliance regimes. The dread costs of figuring out which forms to fill out, and the fear of getting something wrong, can be very real barriers to would-be new small-scale entrepreneurs. When you’re really not sure if you’ll be able to make a go of a new venture, adding a hurdle of having to seek permission can provide a burden much larger than the nominal $50 registration fee.” To read Eric’s article, click here>>>

In their submission to the Bill, Horticulture New Zealand explained that in spite of giving assurances that existing industry food safety programmes would be recognised, the government failed to do so requiring instead some 7,000 growers in a low risk industry - who have never needed to be registered before since they operate under an industry protocol - to register and be subjected to almost $8,000 in compliance costs.[6]

In her submission, pensioner Biddy Fraser-Davies, who makes cheese from her three cows (Sally, Emily and Molly) and has a turnover of under $20,000, explains how she only had to pay $100 to her local council for food safety compliance to set up eight years ago, but compliance costs would increase to nearly $5,500. She told how her application to make a new ‘raw’ hard cheese had been sitting with the regulators for over two years and that indications were of compliance costs in excess of $600 for each ‘batch’. She explained, “My ‘batch’, typically is a single wheel of cheese around 3 or 4 kilos! Even my most dedicated customer will baulk at this price being added to the cost of the cheese”.[7]

Lisa Er, founder of Lisa's Hummus, believes that if the food bill had been around 15 years ago, the compliance costs would have prevented her from getting off the ground: “I had absolutely no money, nothing to invest at all. I had been on a benefit so I was starting from the ground up. Lisa's now has 123 employees, so that's made a difference to the country, but I couldn't even have started because I had no money whatsoever.”[8]

For a government that claims to be committed to encouraging wealth creation and reducing compliance costs on small business, the Food Bill could be a major step backwards. It appears to be being driven more by bureaucratic considerations rather than the need to encourage entrepreneurship in the food sector - within the bounds of stringent food safety imperatives. It is also not clear what the answer is to a fundamental question that should be asked of all new legislation: Is there a problem to be fixed and if so will this Bill fix it?

In light of the concerns that are now being raised about the Bill, surely the best course of action would be for the Minister to re-open submissions to let a new Committee of Parliament re-examine the issue. If more food sector operators were encouraged to share their views, they may identify better ways of dealing with problem areas that would not involve the total re-regulation of the whole food industry. This could lead to safer food, less disruption and lower costs – a win/win all around. If this were the case, the Bill could be withdrawn.

That is essentially the message that the New Zealand Food and Grocery Council gave to the government in their submission – I will leave the last words to them: “As far as FGC can tell the current regime is adequate. There has not been widespread concern with the safety or suitability of food that is manufactured in New Zealand. In fact, New Zealand has a highly regarded worldwide reputation for producing high quality safe food. This is all achieved under a system that is largely self regulatory. Food manufacturers in New Zealand understand the importance of providing safe and suitable products and in a small market like New Zealand where there are only two major supermarket retailers, reputation and branding image are vitally important.”[9]

The FGC acknowledges that there are concerns - such as small pockets of unacceptably high levels of campylobacter - but they believe the New Zealand Food Safety Authority could deal with these through education and by enforcing current regulation: “In our view, if the current system of regulation is not broken there is no need to try to fix it. This is certainly the case if the fix will cost manufacturers and consumers more. We urge the Committee to consider whether there is actually a need to introduce more regulation in this area and if it is not justified to either leave things as they are or make minor changes where needed.”

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FOOTNOTES
Articles can be found on the NZCPR RESEARCH PAGE - click here>>>
1.Food Bill
2.Regulatory Impact Statement 2009
3.Applied Economics, Estimating the Economic Cost of Foodborne Illness in NZ
4.WHO, The present state of foodborne disease in OECD countries
5.Environmental Science and Research, Foodborne disease in New Zealand 2010
6.Submission Horticulture NZ
7.Submission Biddy Fraser-Davies
8.3 News, New law worries small-time food outlets
9.Submission Food and Grocery Council

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