We're sorry to do this to you if it's pasta night at home. Source: News Limited
THERE'S a beefy stoush being fought this week between those who wield BBQ tongs and those whose wave celery sticks around.
The heart of the issue is this: Queensland Liberal National Party MP George Christensen has taken issue with an initiative called Meat Free Week, and declared instead that this shall be "Free Meat Week".
Federal Member for Dawson George Christensen has a bone to pick with vegos. Source: News Limited
Meat Free Week is the brainchild of animal rights group Voiceless, which aims to promote the health, environmental and animal-welfare advantages of a diet where we consume less meat.
Free Meat Week, to quote Mr Christensen, is about encouraging all Australians "to put on a meat-heavy barbecue for all our mates".
The Queensland MP gave an impassioned speech in Parliament today, where he picked a bone with the Voiceless campaign, calling it "unAustralian".
"We've got some alternative lifestylers with green stars in their eyes trying to convert everyone to vegetarianism or veganism with their meat-free week," he said.
"If these people make a personal lifestyle choice to not eat meat for whatever reason I've no problem with that. But to orchestrate a campaign that kicks graziers while they're down is just downright un-Australian."
Not mincing words, was he?
Mr Christensen's main beef with Voiceless is that he sees Meat Free Week as a direct affront to graziers who are doing it tough in the drought currently affecting many parts of the country.
So his Free Meet Week counter-campaign is not just a classic case of ambush-marketing, but what you might call bush marketing.
True to his mandate, this north Queensland federal MP is standing up for the good people of the bush.
Please stop drooling. It's making your phone wet. Source: News Limited
But there's a major snag in his logic, according to Elise Burgess from Voiceless.
On ABC radio earlier today, Ms Burgess said the Meat Free Week campaign had nothing to do with alienating farmers, and indeed is about supporting them.
"The whole message of Meat Free Week is more about increasing your consumption of vegetables and fruit and legumes," she said.
"All this produce will most likely come from Australia farmers, vegetable growers and fruit growers who are similarly impacted by this drought that we're currently suffering from.
"It really is a consumer awareness program. It's to get people thinking about how much meat they eat and the impact it can have. We're the third highest consumers of meat on the planet and this is having a really devastating impact on our health, on the environment and for animal welfare."
This is chickpea, tomato & quinoa Soup, whatever that is. Anyway, apparently it's good for you and good for everybody else too. Source: News Limited
What do you think? Is roast on the menu at home tonight or zucchini fritters? Is our environment irrevocably degraded by grazing or can cattle be sustainably farmed? We'll try to upload as many of your comments as possible tonight and tomorrow.
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