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Dairy farmers face another price battle
The price Australia's dairy farmers will get for their milk this year has fallen to the lowest in a decade.
Agriculture lucks out in carbon laws: Flannery
Climate change expert Tim Flannery say agriculture will not benefit from the Federal Government's carbon legislation unless more carbon offsets are permitted.
New fishing laws 'discriminatory'
WA's boating industry says new laws imposed on recreational fishers are discriminatory.
Want $1 rent? Move to the Mallee
A struggling town in Victoria's Mallee region is offering to lease farmhouses for $1 a week.
WA anglers to face tough restrictions
The WA Government is introducing new licences and tougher restrictions for recreational fishing.
Farmer in fear after lambs butchered
A New South Wales farmer says he is afraid to leave his home after 14 lambs were stolen from their property and butchered.
Farmers lose millions in water spat
Farmers are under huge financial pressure because of a NSW decision to slap an embargo on water sales, traders say.
Abalone firm runs into trouble
Australian Bight Abalone has gone into voluntary administration.
Senate probes Great Southern collapse
A former board member of the defunct Great Southern Limited has told a Senate hearing that he resigned in 2005 because of serious concerns about the company's lack of corporate disclosure.
Funds boost for Barcaldine rural science
The training of central west Queensland students in the rural sciences has received a boost after the Federal Government announced more than $1 million for a new facility.

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