The news that Cubbie Station is in voluntary lquidation comes as no surprise; nor does the the usual scapegoating from Cubbie Group Chairman and one-time Queensland Treasurer, Keith De Lacy, who continues to blame weather conditions, politicians and activists, including Fair Water Use, for the demise of his white elephant, rather than accept that cotton is a totally inappropriate crop to be growing in a semi-arid environment.

The ABC TV News segment on this development is of interest if only because it contains stark footage of the environmental devastation and monoculture moonscapes which result from the activities of the Cubbie Group and all other enterprises involved in cotton culitvation. The footage may be viewed HERE.

It is also interesting to hear Federal Senator Barnaby Joyce, commenting on the financial history of the failed operation, declare "When WE'RE in full production...." A mere slip of the tongue? - or yet another indication of the overly-close relationship between Queensland politicians and the corporate sector, signalling "business as usual" in the Sunshine State?