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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)
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 (10) | Rudd confuses MDB Communities ... | Paroo ban on new dams 'breached'
Costello well ahead: poll
18/08/2008 | Peter Costello is by far the desired Liberal leader, preferred by 56pc of voters against Brendan Nelson, in an Age/Nielsen poll that also sees a big plunge in Dr Nelson's approval, putting further pressure on the Opposition.
WA's former political partners at odds in election build-up
14/08/2008 | The WA National Party is on the brink of political extinction, according to veteran Curtin University of Technology political analyst David Black.  | CommentsComments (5)
Libs rule out deal with Nats
12/08/2008 | Liberal leader Colin Barnett says he will not do deals with former coalition partner the National Party.
Government's grocery website stupid, says Nelson
9/08/2008 | The Federal Government's grocery website is "stupid'' and will do nothing to bring prices down, Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson says.  | CommentsComments (1) | Beef association blasts ACCC ... | Questions remain on grocery ...
6/08/2008 | The independent State MP Robert Oakeshott's decision to seek a switch to federal politics has presented the Nationals with a headache at the federal level but a chance to increase their representation in State Parliament.  | Not enough water to save the ... | Rudd price check: he's powerless
Barnett back to lead the Libs
6/08/2008 | Colin Barnett has regained the leadership of the Liberal Party, three years after last holding the top job.
Oakeshott to stand as an independent in Lyne
5/08/2008 | Popular NSW independent MP Rob Oakeshott has announced he will stand for the Federal seat of Lyne, made vacant by the recent retirement of former Nationals Leader Mark Vaile.  | CommentsComments (1) | Internal attack over Labor's ... | Internal attack over Labor's ...
Barnett throws hat in the ring for Lib leadership
5/08/2008 | Former Liberal leader Colin Barnett says he is "more than willing" to do the top job again.  | Buswell quits as Liberal leader | Buswell quits as Liberal leader
Costello is going, senior Libs say
5/08/2008 | Peter Costello is not available for the leadership and there is no uncertainty about his future, a former staffer and close supporter, Victorian Liberal senator Mitch Fifield, has declared.  | Costello resists party's call-up | Labor readies to attack Costello
Buswell quits as Liberal leader
4/08/2008 | Opposition leader Troy Buswell has resigned as leader of the WA Liberal party.
Costello resists party's call-up
4/08/2008 | Peter Costello appears not to have been swayed by the intense Liberal Party pressure urging him to stay in politics and take over the Opposition leadership.  | Attack on ALP over byelection ... | Nats name Robert Drew as ...
4/08/2008 | The would-be Labor candidate for the Lyne byelection, James Langley, has bitterly attacked the ALP hierarchy for baling out of the contest and is threatening to run as an independent.  | CommentsComments (1) | Nats name Robert Drew as ... | Labor readies to attack Costello
3/08/2008 | Community campaigner Rob Drew has been pre-selected to represent The Nationals in the Lyne by-election.  | Attack on ALP over byelection ... | Nationals urge Liberals not to ...
Labor readies to attack Costello
3/08/2008 | The Rudd Government is planning a major Peter Costello scare campaign focusing on his "industrial relations baggage", amid growing speculation the former treasurer will lead the Coalition to the next election.  | CommentsComments (2) | Costello's plans expected sooner
31/07/2008 | Crucial backers of Brendan Nelson claimed they withdrew their support for his leadership on Wednesday night because of his handling of the climate change policy.
Nelson's team leaves him high and dry on climate
30/07/2008 | Brendan Nelson abandoned his plans for a hardline approach to climate change policy yesterday when he was rolled comprehensively by his shadow cabinet.  | CommentsComments (2) | Burke reassures NT ag of ... | Australians eating GM food ...
Stoner wants Vaile's seat and Truss's job
21/07/2008 | The NSW Nationals leader, Andrew Stoner, is considering standing for the Federal seat of Lyne, being vacated by former Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile, but it is understood he will only run if he is guaranteed the party's national leadership, replacing Warren Truss.  | Good rain falls across the country | Family First claims it can fix ...
Anderson warns Nats: do nothing and you will die
15/07/2008 | The Nationals will die like the Democrats unless they tackle their "extremely serious" problems of shrinking support, membership and financial resources, former leader John Anderson warns in a stark assessment of the party's future.  | CommentsComments (2) | Irrigators slam Government's ... | Yet another report damns the ...
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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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