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SACA believes the medium of radio provides the "oxygen" for
our democratic process and is of major importance in facilitating the
exchange of ideas and freedom of speech.
We consider
the interviews below to be indicative of the development of our argument
over a period of time and are representative of the efforts made by SACA
to achieve improved outcomes on behalf of rural and regional communities
in Australia.
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Robert Belcher speaks to ABC SE NSW rural reporter
Keva Gocher about the collapse of Timbercorp.
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24, April, 2009
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Radio National Bush Telegraph interview following the
collapse of Timbercorp.
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24, April, 2009
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ABC Tasmania rural reporter Rosemary Grant speaks to
Robert Belcher about carbon trading issues and the SACA AGM (TAS Country Hour).
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21, January, 2009
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Robert Belcher speaks to ABC SE NSW rural reporter
Keva Gocher about global financial circumstances and the outlook for
agriculture.
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16, October, 2008
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ABC SE NSW rural reporter Keva Gocher speaks to
Robert Belcher about lamb mulesing and pain relief options.
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13, September, 2008
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ABC SE NSW rural reporter
Keva Gocher speaks to Robert Belcher, invited speaker at the 2008 NSW Farmers' Association
Annual Conference in Sydney.
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28, July, 2008
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Charles Wooley and Robert Belcher discuss a recent public meeting held at Lankeys
Creek in the upper Murray river catchment, the 2007 federal election, and our
democratic system.
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14, November, 2007
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ABC SE NSW rural reporter Keva Gocher speaks to then
Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Peter McGauran, and SACA Chairman
Robert Belcher about the need to limit plantation expansion on prime
agricultural land in Tasmania.
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12, November, 2007
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Robert Belcher speaks to Charles Wooley Across Australia about the paucity of
agricultural policy announcements during the federal election campaign and
uncharacteristic comments from Tasmanian Premier Paul Lennon regarding the conversion of
agricultural land to plantation forestry.
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9, November, 2007
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ABC SE NSW reporter Tim Holt interviews Robert Belcher about the Tamar Valley
pulp mill announcement made by Environment and Water Resources Minister,
Malcolm Turnbull, and the decision of Ben Quin to stand as an independent in
the Tasmanian electorate of Lyons.
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9, October, 2007
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ABC SE NSW reporter Tim Holt speaks to Robert Belcher about a delegation which
visited Federal Parliament to argue against the pulp mill proposed for the
Tamar Valley.
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12, September, 2007
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Robert Belcher speaks to Charles Wooley Across Australia about Managed
Investment Schemes and the pulp mill proposed for the Tamar Valley.
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24, August, 2007
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ABC SE NSW rural reporter Keva Gocher speaks to
Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Peter McGauran, about
ongoing Federal Government support of forestry MIS in the context of an opinion
article the Minister wrote for the Weekly Times (see Weekly
Times opinion article).
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26, July, 2007
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ABC national rural reporter Catherine Clifford speaking to Jen Munro
and the Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry Minister, Peter McGauran,
about the agricultural issues raised at the Future Leaders Forum in
Sydney.
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24, July, 2007
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Robert Belcher speaking to ABC SE NSW rural reporter Keva Gocher
about the prospects and likely impact of increased climate change
investment in rural Australia, and an MIS survey report released by
investment advisors, the Australian Agribusiness Group.
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17, July, 2007
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ABC Tasmania rural reporter Rosemary Grant speaking to Robert
Belcher about the Tasmanian Government's Protection of Agricultural
Land (PAL) policy (TAS Country
Hour).
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28, June, 2007
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ABC Tasmania rural reporters Rosemary Grant and Eliza Wood
discuss the issues raised at a meeting held in Deloraine to discuss
water issues.
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28, June, 2007
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ABC national rural reporter Catherine Clifford speaking to
Robert Belcher, keynote speaker at the AUSVEG national conference,
Darling Harbour, Sydney.
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1, June, 2007
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ABC SE NSW rural reporter Keva Gocher speaking to SACA chairman
Robert Belcher about MIS secondary trading and water issues.
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17, May, 2007
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ABC national rural reporter Jane Bardon interviews SACA Chairman
Robert Belcher, Environment and Water Minister Malcolm Turnbull,
Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan, and MIS timber industry
representative Alan Cummine about budget tax changes for carbon
sequestration, tree planting, and secondary trading for MIS
(TAS/NSW/WA Country Hour).
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16, May, 2007
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ABC Tasmania rural reporter Rosemary Grant interviewing Robert
Belcher following the 2007-08 Federal Budget (TAS Country Hour).
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9, May, 2007
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Robert Belcher and the Assistant Treasurer Peter Dutton,
speaking to Keva Gocher on the NSW Country Hour following the
Federal Governments decision to allow non-forestry MIS to continue
until 30/6/2008.
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28, March, 2007
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Jon Faine (ABC 774) speaking to Robert Belcher
about
a farmers rally to be held in Mildura, Managed Investment
Schemes and Market Distortion.
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22, September, 2006
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Keva Gocher introduces Rosemary Grant in Tasmania talking with
Robert Belcher on Managed Investment Schemes and the market distortion
it causes, do we really need MIS any longer? OECD countries threw
them out 25 years ago.
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8, August, 2006
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ABC S/E Radio Rural Report, 'Clean hands and no boots farming,
save a bundle on your tax'. Keva Gocher and Narelle Hooper, senior
journalist Financial Review, discuss the dangers of MIS corporate
farming regimes.
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3, July, 2006
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ABC Radio, Rural Report S/E Aust 'The excesses and dangers of
Managed Investment Scheme corporatised farming' Keva Gocher
interviews SACA Chairman Robert Belcher.
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29, June, 2006
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ABC South East Radio with Tim Holt. SACA
Chairman Robert Belcher debates Forestry Minister Senator Eric Abetz on commodity market distortion by
MIS tax avoidance schemes.
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7, April, 2006
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ABC Radio S/ E Aust the Rural Report 'Empowering Rural
Communities' with Keva Gocher interviewing Robert Belcher
Founding member and Chairman of Sustainable Agricultural Communities
Australia Limited (SACA).
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3, April, 2006
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