Tram Town
Monday, October 20, 2003
| Category: Environment Well not six bob a fart, rather 54c per beast per year, a big discount for attractive sheep, and a bit of a premium for an udder. The "flatulence levy" was proposed by the Cabinet's climate change convenor, Pete Hodgson, to fund $8.4 million of research into livestock emissions. It would have required farmers to pay nine cents for each sheep, 54c for a beef animal and 74c for a dairy cow.But they decided against it due to "international derision". That's a fine way to legislate. |
