So many broke in that there was no room for the inmates,

They had to be all transferred to another correctional centre,

So who the bloody hell were so keen to be inside locked gates.

This planned invasion was by who, well they went by the name of some mice,

They attacked the ceiling panels and wiring without even a hammer or wrench,

During the break in battle many of they were unfortunately killed,

Being unable to remove the bodies, this caused a horrible stench.

Not only the prisoners but all the staff had to be moved to other prisons,

Vital remediation work has to be done, and ways to prevent another mice victory,

So, Wellington Correctional Centre goes down in history as the largest break in ever,

And all the inmates hope next time there is a break in they leave the games open for them to flee.

As time goes by, we have forgotten what we had as a country, it was called progress.

How many can remember Italian families growing tobacco? Employing workers from overseas, the farmer's wife cooking their lunchtime meal, and smoko.

And the towns that produced tobacco, Myrtleford in Victoria, Mareeba in Queensland, until someone in high office decided that farmers should stop growing tobacco, and instead it had to be grown overseas, Australia became an importer of tobacco.

It's called diversification and farmers had to find something else to grow.

While overseas growers enjoy producing tobacco and cigarettes that come from China and USA.

Griffith would supply peaches to process by Queensland Golden Circle many years ago.

Farmers would deliver their fruit to Nugan's and were loaded on to rail wagons to be transported to Brisbane.

The market grape that Nugan would buy from farmers and sold in Woolworths stores, that's all gone.

Today you have governments funding such areas of studies, the studies were to investigate a way for Golden Circle to process mango puree and sweet corn. The federal government gave a hand out and the company would build a processing plant in North Queensland, that failed to eventuate. The study was paid for by Australian taxpayers.

In 2008 Golden Circle became a subsidiary of Heinz.

Another report is the Northern Territory government's feasibility study into dams, commissioning a $1.3 million study of the Adelaide River, plus another $2 million into the same dam.

Using the same technical expertise, and a $15 million study by the CSIRO on water storage options for the whole top end. These environmental studies also led to nowhere.

What has happened to our sovereignty?

There have been so many studies, for example,. the Murray Darling Basin Plan, those in power receive a salary, and there has been 118 inquiries into water, and one is asked to make another submission into the floodplain harvesting.

Submissions close August 13, if you are a farmer or a businessman there are so many meetings to be attended or make a submission, at the end of the day one has to work to make a living.

Those in power do they listen to those who are affected by those who make the decision on your behalf?

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