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'Peak everything': Fischer

3:00 AM | FEW public figures in secular Australia can wangle the Pope and agriculture into the same speech, but Tim Fischer is a notable exception.

Agribusiness and General - Political

DAFF directionless, say Cobb and Nash

3:00 AM | THE federal opposition started the new parliamentary year this week by accusing the Labor government of abandoning agriculture.

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Anger at independent MPs on woodchips

10 Feb 12 | THE independent federal MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor have backed out of what the Greens say was a ''critical'' part of the carbon tax deal, moving to allow the forestry industry to continue burning native woodchips as renewable energy. |

Comments (1) | Solar power: the dark side of ... | Audit finds errors on emissions

Agribusiness and General - Political

Abattoir cruelty on camera

10 Feb 12 | A SYDNEY abattoir has been forced to stop slaughtering and faces closure and prosecution after hidden-camera footage of chilling animal cruelty emerged. |

Comments (6) | Quiet opportunity on AAco front | Cattle exporters set for 'half' ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Few go for cash offer to move to bush

09 Feb 12 | ONLY 306 people have signed up for a federal government scheme to provide financial incentives for the unemployed to move to rural areas. |

Comments (7) | Food for thought on foreign ... | Consumers key to ethanol success

Agribusiness and General - Political

Greens push for CSG inquiry

09 Feb 12 | GREENS Senator Larissa Waters has proposed a broad-ranging Federal Senate inquiry to investigate the impacts of Coal Seam Gas mining on land and water resources on a comprehensive national scale. | AACo's 'green' abattoir punt | How much water does the Murray ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Carbon levy booklet fails fact check

09 Feb 12 | THE 20-page colour booklet What a Carbon Price Means for You, which was mailed to 10 million households in August, may become something of a collectors item. | Audit finds errors on emissions | Solar power: the dark side of ...

Agribusiness and General - Political

Problems flare as solar tender reopened

08 Feb 12 | THE federal government was yesterday forced into reopening the tender process for public funding of its $1.5 billion solar flagship project as doubts mounted over whether the project could ever be financially viable. | Audit finds errors on emissions | Solar power: the dark side of ...

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Katter's power plan still on table

08 Feb 12 | THE Gillard government is keeping open the prospect of a $335 million grant for Queensland independent Bob Katter's CopperString power project, even though it has failed a key requirement for the funding.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Don't give Gillard free kicks, says Abbott

08 Feb 12 | TONY ABBOTT has told his MPs that only Coalition ill-discipline can save Labor and Julia Gillard, urging his side to avoid unnecessary fights over principle. | Rudd leads Gillard but voters ... | Carbon tax only a good start: ...

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Canberra scuttling solar 'flagships': Greens

07 Feb 12 | THE Greens have accused the government of creating a solar energy scheme that was ''designed to fail'' after it emerged that two major solar projects set to receive $750 million in government funding have failed to find investor backing.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Australia key for food price stability

07 Feb 12 | AUSTRALIA, as a world agricultural leader, must do more to help protect farmers in developing countries from aggressive foreign investors, according to international economist and World Food Prize laureate Professor Per Pinstrup-Andersen. |

Comments (6) | Nationals call for farm sales ... | Revolutions hamper fertiliser ...

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Katter the younger no fan of dad's style

06 Feb 12 | Rob Katter confesses he feels like ''a bit of a copout'' because he doesn't go in for the theatrics of his famous father, the maverick north Queensland MP Bob Katter.

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Carbon tax only a good start: report

06 Feb 12 | A CARBON price alone will not be enough for Australia to meet its target of a dramatic cut in greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, an analysis by the Grattan Institute has found. |

Comments (24) | Global investment in clean ... | US energy plans pinned on gas

Agribusiness and General - Political

Bob's fair, if there

06 Feb 12 | THE maverick MP Bob Katter has failed to show up for almost half the votes in Parliament but could claim to be the most independent of the independents, splitting his votes almost evenly between the government and the opposition. | Katter member takes swipe at ... | Bank battle plagues Wharton

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Rudd leads Gillard but voters reject change

06 Feb 12 | KEVIN RUDD has a healthy lead over Julia Gillard as preferred Labor leader, but among Labor voters Ms Gillard is ahead by a nose. | PM's hold on job slipping, say ... | Combet attacks colleagues for ...

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Poll throws Gillard a lifeline

06 Feb 12 | JULIA GILLARD has been handed a lifeline with the latest Herald/Nielsen poll showing support for the Prime Minister and her government increasing sharply. |

Comments (11) | Forecasting $A's future is a ... | PM's hold on job slipping, say ...

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Mitchell appointed Fed Director of Nationals

03 Feb 12 | FEDERAL President of The Nationals, John Tanner, has announced that Scott Mitchell has been appointed Federal Director of The Nationals.

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Rudd to move on Gillard before Qld poll: Bishop

03 Feb 12 | DEPUTY Opposition Leader Julie Bishop yesterday predicted Kevin Rudd would probably challenge Julia Gillard before the March 24 Queensland election, as senior ministers were peppered with questions about their beleaguered leader. |

Comments (1) | Recycled Rudd wouldn't surprise ... | PM's hold on job slipping, say ...

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Combet attacks colleagues for white-anting Gillard

03 Feb 12 | THE Minister for Climate Change, Greg Combet, has called on colleagues to stop white-anting the Prime Minister and to concentrate on their jobs. |

Comments (3) | Carbon tax to hit dairy farmers ... | Pressure on to release carbon ...

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