Landline

Episode 4 (2014x4)

Air date: Feb 23, 2014

Poppy Monopoly: Tasmania is the world’s largest legal poppy producer. The $120 million a year industry accounts for 50 per cent of international supply. Black Soil Blue: Landholders in the Liverpool Plains district of New South Wales have blockaded their properties to stop mineral exploration. Scott Hansen Interview: Kerry Lonergan interviews retiring CEO of Meat and Livestock Australia, Scott Hansen. Russian Revolution: The collapse of the Soviet Republic in 1991 was disastrous for Australian woolgrowers and contributed to the collapse of the Nation’s wool industry two years later.