double post

It just is   

longweekend58 wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 4:18pm:


And Tony Abbott 

longweekend58 wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 4:27pm:



Nope Sorry mate,
Your messiah has decreed "It Just Is " as a perfectly reasonable response to difficult questions.
You don't like it, find it childish if not downright STUPID, I would suggest you start lobbying for an intelligent leader who can think on his feet(think at all really).
M.Turnbull comes to mind, but I'm sure you've got your own names of sharp thinkers, care to share?

( ... aside from cow milk having a legal puss content)


AS THE milk wars between supermarkets have reduced margins for milk producers, industry sources say permeate is increasingly being used by producers to reduce the cost per litre.

Just how much permeate - which is cheaper than fresh milk and can be used to moderate fat levels - is used has been a closely held secret of the dairy industry.


In 2008 a number of NSW farmers accused the milk industry of adding up to 12 per cent permeate to milk to cut its production cost.


Internal documents from Australia's biggest supplier, National Foods - which makes Pura, Big M, Dairy Farmers and supplies both Woolworths and Coles brand milk - reveal its milk now contains up to 16.43 per cent permeate.

One document, labelled ''permeate cost savings'', reveals up to $22,960 can be saved by adding 16 per cent permeate to the production of 350,000 litres of whole milk. This shaves almost 16 per cent of the cost off the price of production, and does not have to be disclosed on the label.


In Australia, the food standards code allows producers to dilute milk with "milk components", such as permeate, as long as the total fat level remains at least 3.2 per cent (for full-cream milk) and the protein at least 3 per cent (for any milk). Natural milk has a fat level of 4 per cent.


There are no known health risks associated with adding permeate to milk.


Not only does its addition to milk reduce costs, but it eliminates the need to dispose of the permeate.


According to the industry consultant Dairymark: ''Increasingly stringent environmental regulations means that discarding the [permeate] material in waterways is no longer an option for most companies.''



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http://theland.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/dairy/general/milk-war-gives...

longweekend58 wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 3:54pm:

buzzanddidj wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 4:49pm:


Imagine how seriously I take treasury costings when they come up with a figure of $24B to repeal a tax that raises $10B.

After all, It's not like treasury has such a great reputation for forward accuracy. Last years budegt defitic prediction? $22B. actual figure? $45B.

yeah, great predictors.

buzzanddidj wrote on May 16^th, 2012 at 4:58pm:


After the Libs get in we are going back to imperial measurements and pounds shillings and pence so the whole litre thing will be forgotten