What were the most important issues facing our politicians as we moved into spring? If we pause for a moment and think why we spend such vast amounts of money on layers of politicians, it must be for some purpose. Surely the nation is entitled to assume that the political class will have some knowledge of and some idea about the solutions to the real problems facing this country?

So from the prime minister, the premiers, the opposition leaders down to each and every backbencher, the nation is entitled to assume not only that they all knew our farmers have long...