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Elders posts record $60m earnings
4:00 PM AEST | Elders Rural Services boss Mike Guerin was able to hand out some good news last week as he prepares to push the button on a sweeping corporate restructure by announcing who will head the company's 20 new management regions.  | SA first: Region-wide wireless ... | SA first: Region-wide wireless ...
NSW Farmers blasts Hume Highway delay
3:22 PM AEST | The NSW Farmers’ Association says the Roads and Traffic Authority (RTA) is taking too long to make decisions regarding the upgrade of the Hume Highway in Southern NSW, and this delay is affecting rural people’s lives and businesses.  | Drought support 'timely': NSW ... | Qld re-affirms compulsory 5pc ...
3:16 PM AEST | Tasmanian Minister for Primary Industries and Water, David Llewellyn, has updated to Parliament on drought assistance provided to farmers and rural communities.  | Drought support for 32 areas ... | Drought support 'timely': NSW ...
Drought support for 32 areas nationally
2:29 PM AEST | Drought support for 32 areas nationally has been extended to March 31, 2009 by the federal government. Exceptional Circumstances aid was due to expire in most places on September 30.  | Drought support 'timely': NSW ... | Interest rate cut needed, ...
2:28 PM AEST | Yorke Peninsula in South Australia has become the nation’s first community to successfully achieve a region-wide, broadband service, using WiMAX wireless technology.
Drought support 'timely': NSW Farmers
2:23 PM AEST | The NSW Farmers’ Association says the announcement by the Federal Government to extend Exceptional Circumstances assistance until early next year for a number of areas in NSW is timely and welcome.  | Interest rate cut needed, ... | Zero allocation for northern ...
Qld re-affirms compulsory 5pc ethanol in fuel by 2010
19/08/2008 | The Queensland Government has re-affirmed its commitment to compulsory 5pc ethanol in blended fuel by 2010, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, ease the financial burden, as well as reduce reliance on increasingly expensive oil imports.
Interest rate cut needed, Reserve Bank says
19/08/2008 | Borrowers take heart: the Reserve Bank of Australia feels your pain. The central bank, acknowledging a slump in borrowing, lower consumer confidence, and weaker growth prospects, says an early rate reduction may be needed.  | Little risk to interest rate cuts | Food price inflation may slow ...
Hands off Murray cod
19/08/2008 | Murray cod will be off limits to recreational fishers in certain Queensland waters from September 1 until November 30.
Live cattle exports high on Tony Burke's Indonesian agenda
19/08/2008 | Australia’s strong ties with its near neighbours will be reaffirmed during a visit by Minister for Agriculture Tony Burke to Indonesia and Papua New Guinea this week.  | CommentsComments (1)
Organics: plenty of opportunities, but some potholes in the road
19/08/2008 | Unlike conventional farmers, organic farmers cannot just expect to grow and sell large volumes of produce without significant investment in planning, communication and marketing strategy, organic growers have been warned.  | Top of the table WA olives | Olive growers move to lift quality
19/08/2008 | Victorians in rural and regional areas are dying of heart disease at a worrying rate because of a lack of preventive services and treatment, experts say.
Zero allocation for northern Vic irrigators
18/08/2008 | Goulburn-Murray Water has announced that all regulated water systems in northern Victoria will have a zero allocation of high-reliability water shares.  | Rudd confuses MDB Communities ... | Compulsory water buybacks a ...
18/08/2008 | Research into climate change, water management and managing Australia's unique ecosystems are some of the world leading CSIRO science to be conducted at the new Ecosciences Precinct at Boggo Road Urban Village, Brisbane, due for completion in 2011.
18/08/2008 | More than $20 million in research and development funding is up for grabs as the Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation seeks ideas and innovations that will help strengthen and diversify rural Australia.
Little risk to interest rate cuts
18/08/2008 | Even the dogs are barking that the Reserve Bank board is almost certain to cut the official interest rate at its meeting in two weeks' time. But those expecting a cut of 50 basis points are barking up the wrong tree.  | CommentsComments (1) | $20m rural research funding up ... | Compulsory water buybacks a ...
18/08/2008 | The Rudd Government’s proposal to accelerate buy-backs in the northern Murray Darling Basin will not alleviate the current crisis at the mouth of the Murray, and will decimate already struggling communities unless the Government reinstates the $1.5 billion structural adjustment package.
Compulsory water buybacks a must: Xenophon
18/08/2008 | Independent senator Nick Xenophon is supporting the compulsory acquisition of water licences to revive the ailing Murray-Darling river system.  | CommentsComments (9) | Rudd confuses MDB Communities ... | Paroo ban on new dams 'breached'
Food price inflation may slow because of falling commodity prices
18/08/2008 | Over the past several weeks, prices for farm commodities have trended lower although they remain fairly high by long-term trends.  | Weak $A lifts farm export ...
No mites in Asian honey bees
18/08/2008 | No varroa mites or other exotic bee mites have been found in samples from an Asian honey nest and swarm recently found south of Cairns.
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Buy back the water licences; then what happens Mr Rudd?

17/08/2008 | The Federal Government has bolstered the cash available to buy back water licences, the greens have published their wishlist of properties to be targeted, and the drought has more farmers than ever classing themselves as 'willing sellers'. But after the water is gone, has anyone wondered what happens next?
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