Do city people care about the conditions in the bush?

I have lived in small bush/remote towns for over 30 years.
I am in no way "contemptuous" of city folk, I don't like cities but that's nothing to do with the people that live in them, there is just to many of them.
I don't get city people & I'm very sure that 99.9% of city people don't get me.
So I'll stay here & only go to the city when I need to &
City folk are welcome out here anytime, bring your family & help boost our economies.
Jonesfam
BTW Enjoy your fireworks.

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Originally Posted by goingbush

Ahem, the above comments make it clear that city people don't give a stuff about the country, clearly they prefer imported produce and is why Australia is going down the **** hole .

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It's not "Them or Us" it's just us. I blame supermarket chains for cutting the price farmers get for produce. Try buying Australian fruit, I won't buy fruit unless it's Australian. The rest of their shelves are the same, anything they can get cheaper so they can mark it up. Farmers get ripped off, they get only a tiny percentage of the final price of produce.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

Primary producers and self-employed don't pay income tax, or very little using the rorts and lurks available to them under the Income Tax

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Like running the diesel Merc or Landcruiser on tax exempt farm diesel or maybe claiming every vehicle you own as a tax deduction on lease. A bloke that wasn't a primary producer I know used to use $20,000 a month of diesel on power generation and had to pay full price, couldn't get it tax exempt. Farmers get fuel cheaper because it's not used on road (Supposedly).
If your a wage earner try getting a tax deduction for fuel used going to work, it's a legitimate expense, without a car you couldn't work but workers just have to suck it up and pay full price.
Most farms and rural businesses run at a tax loss, all workers pay tax, can't get out of it.

The firework not paid by Taxpayer
It's paid by "city people" (councils

case closed then

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Originally Posted by martnH

The firework not paid by Taxpayer
It's paid by "city people" (councils

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I think the nsw govt has stepped in and made some vantage points a ticketed area , though the event has been funded by the city.

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Originally Posted by Fourgearsticks

Like running the diesel Merc or Landcruiser on tax exempt farm diesel or maybe claiming every vehicle you own as a tax deduction on lease. A bloke that wasn't a primary producer I know used to use $20,000 a month of diesel on power generation and had to pay full price, couldn't get it tax exempt. Farmers get fuel cheaper because it's not used on road (Supposedly).
If your a wage earner try getting a tax deduction for fuel used going to work, it's a legitimate expense, without a car you couldn't work but workers just have to suck it up and pay full price.
Most farms and rural businesses run at a tax loss, all workers pay tax, can't get out of it.

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There are actually a wide range of fuel excise/GST exemptions for a range of businesses, not just agriculture.

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Originally Posted by Fourgearsticks

It's not "Them or Us" it's just us. I blame supermarket chains for cutting the price farmers get for produce. Try buying Australian fruit, I won't buy fruit unless it's Australian. The rest of their shelves are the same, anything they can get cheaper so they can mark it up. Farmers get ripped off, they get only a tiny percentage of the final price of produce.

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and it's been like this for a very long time.

Through the nineties I looked after a number of orchards in the Bilpin region.
By around this part of the stone fruit season the trays were costing more than what the fruit was selling for at market.
Coles, Woolies and back then, Franklins dictated the price as they controlled over 60% of the Sydney/NSW market.
The old road side stall made much more money thna the tonnes that were sent to Flemington.

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Originally Posted by trog

I think the nsw govt has stepped in and made some vantage points a ticketed area , though the event has been funded by the city.

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A Politicians ONLY area perchance[biggrin]?

What a load of crap to say city people don't care about rural communities just because they set of fire works on new years eve now I'm not saying all city people care as not all country people care about the city but to say the city lets of fire works on new years eve is just narrow minded and ridiculous. Now I grew up in a regional town in Victoria (Warrnambool) worked on a dairy farm for many years at Mepunga and Grassmere so have a pretty good idea of how hard it gets on the land most country people I've dealt with are fairly inventive and smart they find ways around most problems natural or man made but to say city folk don't care is just harsh in my option.