I appeared before the Finance and Expenditure Committee on Wednesday. It went well, you only get ten minutes and while they had received our submissions in advance how much of each of them they remember is debatable. There were over 300 submissions and about 180 asked to be heard. So the Committee has done well because it is hearing all the submitters who asked to be heard and have to report back on November the 16th. They will hear 20 hours worth of submissions. This is a big contrast to Peter Dunne's Special Select Committee which had many months to hear ...

The response I have received from MAF to my last query leaves me gob smacked for two reasons. Firstly it is an admission that I thought they would never make and it is exciting because it finally confirms what we have been saying. WE ARE RIGHT YIPEE! Secondly the conclusions they make demonstrate how little thought has gone into the area of agricultural emissions. Assumptions have just been made on the basis of flawed reasoning, assumptions that have never been tested, and when questioned on them they are found wanting because the whole premise on which they base their claims about agricultural emissions ...