Budget '08: Investing in infrastructure

Budget '08: Investing in infrastructure
6:36 AM AEST | A multi-billion dollar boost to the Building Australia Fund and cuts to regulation are expected in what industry is calling Treasurer Wayne Swan's 'infrastructure budget'.

Plan to make timber industry pay for rain

Plan to make timber industry pay for rain
11/05/2008 | In a blow to Victoria's massive plantation industry, the State Government has moved to make thirsty timber plantations accountable for the water they use.

Large US wheat crop may not drop prices

Large US wheat crop may not drop prices
10:31 AM AEST | With world wheat stocks at historic lows, producers have been enjoying unprecedented high prices for wheat this year. But predictions of a bumper US crop have many wondering if the good times will last.
  Yanmar in Ballarat 'gold' strike
  RSPCA enters the classroom to slam pig farmers
  Lobby groups unhappy with WA budget
  Parched forests get an overdue drink
  Plum NSW property breaks $20m
  Pact with Egypt will resume cattle trade
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Bush anger over Turbines

Bush anger over Turbines

PASTORALISTS are demanding to be paid compensation for land used in a proposed $2 billion wind ...

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VIDEO: Yanmar in Ballarat gold strike

Yanmar in Ballarat gold strike
9:35 AM AEST | Yanmar is back and geared for the long haul. The increasingly bullish PFG Australia organisation has just announced it has added the famous Japanese marque to its burgeoning range of brands.
  VIDEO: $8500 average at record-breaking Hereford sale
  VIDEO: Win an Enchanted Kelpie working dog
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  Former opposition leader Debnam ...
  No deal, transplant tourist told
  Aussie's death sparks Lebanon alert
  Bingle's father loses battle
  Westpac, St George talk merger
  Parched forests get an overdue drink
  Triple-shooting accused pleads guilty
  Cowardly and cruel but not jail-worthy

Practice makes perfect studies

Practice makes perfect studies
8/05/2008 | BY TOM DAWKINS AN interstate field trip by a group of University of Adelaide agricultural science students has confirmed the need for undergraduates to spend more time on-farm, applying their scientific knowledge in practical environments.

Progress defies rising costs

Progress defies rising costs
8/05/2008 | SEEDING is under way for the Stone brothers on their 4000-hectare property at Torrita in the heart of the Victorian Mallee.
  Yards apart
  Feedlots keep money in Merinos
  Industry gets behing Wheat Export Bill
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Cowardly and cruel but not jail-worthy

9/05/2008 | 
  Cyclists may sue road rager
  Haneef legal team fights for release of documents
  Men have a ball in the name of charity
  Pigs are mums too: students speak out
  More Metro & Regional

Stay-at-home mums worth $124,000 a year

9/05/2008 | 
  Cyclone had all the makings of a perfect storm
  'I just held on and cried'
  US actress Liv Tyler splits from husband
  Girl, 10, gives birth after rape
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2020 summit a breath of fresh ideas

2020 summit a breath of fresh ideas
20/04/2008 | I never doubted good ideas would flow at this weekend's 2020 summit in Canberra, but I now think something might even come of them.
  Time to make a GM decision where it ...
  Global wool industry reliant on ...
Q: Do you support the Federal Government's initiatives in re-opening the live export trade with Egypt?




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