Wednesday, 21 June 2023 14:14

Jobless!

Written by The Hound

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OPINION: The Hound shed a tear (crocodile) on hearing about the looming redundancy of perennial anti-farming critic 'Dr' Mike Joy.

Joy is being made redundant as part of a move by Victoria University's proposed cost-cutting restructure.

Joy moved from Massey University five years ago to join Victoria's Institute for Governance and Policy Studies as a senior research fellow.

Joy said it was "gutting" to have been made redundant.

The Hound suggests Joy now knows how the country's dairy farmers feel after years of constant carping and blaming them for all the problems in the country's waterways.

In the meantime, he recommends reading The Joy of Job Loss, which is describesd as an "inspirational true story on how to find meaning and opportunity in a sudden job loss".

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