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Nats senator axed for protecting rural land

7:05 AM AEDT | Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has dumped a member of his shadow ministry for crossing the floor in the Senate to vote against up-front tax breaks for carbon sinks. |

Comments (1) | Brooke Hargraves the future of ... | US ethanol sector to shrink

Agribusiness and General - Political

Shock waves from Nats' back down on water amendment continues

28/11/2008 | The Independent Member for New England, Tony Windsor, said today 'the sheer act of stupidity' carried out by the National Party in the Senate this week has created the very problem the amendment to the Water Amendment Bill 2008 was designed to solve. | 'Nats choose miners over food ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Nationals to rebel on carbon tax breaks

26/11/2008 | Four Nationals and possibly a Liberal will cross the floor of the Senate next week to back a Greens-sponsored disallowance motion over tax breaks for carbon sinks. |

Comments (4) | World leaders fail to budge WTO ... | Interest rates in free fall as ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Xenophon backs plug the pipe protestors

14/11/2008 | Independent Senator for South Australia Nick Xenophon has urged Victorian authorities to stop arresting 'Plug the Pipe' protestors and start listening to them. |

Comments (1) | Ministers back drought aid ... | Vic Bill stalls national Murray ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

How will Obama affect global agriculture?

12/11/2008 | By any honest measure, the election of Barack Obama as the next President is an epic in the American experience, but the tale is just beginning, and farmers around the world have no idea how it will end. | US farmers warn Obama not to ... | Farm groups line up to give ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Farm groups line up to give Obama some free advice

10/11/2008 | United States farm lobby groups have called for political partisanship to be set aside in order to ensure US President-elect Barrack Obama can hit the ground running on rural issues, including the implementation of the contentious Farm Bill. | World farm leaders summit in ... | US Election: Big changes ahead ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Heffernan backs Nats-Libs merger

27/10/2008 | The Nationals are "good mates" and should merge with the Liberals, according to outspoken Liberal senator Bill Heffernan. |

Comments (4) | Stockmarket smashes super funds | 'Quintessential rural GP' wins ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Truss slams carbon trade

27/10/2008 | A domestic emissions trading scheme without international participation will cost thousands of Australian jobs, slow the economy, and "will not help cool the planet either or save the polar bears", National Party Leader Warren Truss has claimed. |

Comments (6) | Nats agree to keep talking ... | Our oceans overfished to feed ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Nats agree to keep talking marriage with the Liberals

25/10/2008 | The Nationals will seek "further discussions" with its Coalition partner for a long-term merger of the two, despite agreeing today it was not an option in the near future. |

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Agribusiness and General - Political

Wong abandons towns in water buyback

21/10/2008 | Minister for Water, Penny Wong, says the Government's water buyback and investments in on-farm infrastructure should be considered adjustment enough for irrigation communities, which are expected to settle into life with less water. |

Comments (11) | Hunting ferals: Good for the ... | Water buyback lacks clear ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Liberals talk merger after Nationals' loss

20/10/2008 | The triumph of the independent Peter Besseling in Saturday's Port Macquarie byelection is a further sign of the need for a merger between the National and Liberal parties, federal Liberals say. |

Comments (1) | Triumphant Greens to choose ... | Landslide win gives NSW Libs ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Coalition friction as Nats lose key NSW seat

19/10/2008 | A potentially disastrous schism between the National and the Liberal parties emerged last night after the Nationals' failure to win in the Port Macquarie byelection. |

Comments (1) | ABB exports first bulk wheat ... | Rally expected in Aussie dollar

Agribusiness and General - Political

Rural voters to decide US presidential campaign

13/10/2008 | Earlier this year many analysts predicted that rural voters were likely to decide this year's presidential election. Actions taken by both sides this week would seem to indicate the candidates are buying into that assessment. | Drought the hottest ever | Beef bonus ahead as free trade ...

Agribusiness and General - Political