Did anyone see last Sunday's ABC Landline (11/11/12). A good story on an inland cattle station the Federal Government bought with much Green fanfare, with the aim of destocking it and generating dry land carbon credits.
Surprise surprise the generation of carbon credits was harder than imagined, they have achieved nothing, all the allocated money is gone, generated no credits at all. The commercial partners meant to run it, a subsidiary of RM Williams, have sacked their managers in charge of the project and ready to cut their losses and walk off the land.
The neighbouring farmers are wondering where all the taxpayers money has gone, and are seriously worried the station will just become fallow. Further to this Peter Garret and his Green backers have said the station will never be restocked. Which in practice means it will be declared an unstaffed National Park, and become a haven for weeds and rabbits that of course spread onto genuine farms for the rest of time.
Carbon Credits. They're obviously the way of the future.