20 Aug 2008 | EC drought assistance cut Farmers and businesses in Armidale, Casino and South Coast Moss Vale in NSW and Central and East Gippsland in Victoria will not be eligible for Exceptional Circumstances drought assistance after the end of September this year. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2008 | Guest workers face fee rip-off Aid agencies say they are establishing a web site to allow guest workers coming to Australia compare fees and transaction costs of the various available methods of sending money back to their families in their home country. ...... FULL STORY
19 Aug 2008 | Record harvest predicted in Victoria Victorian grain growers could deliver a record harvest worth more than $3 billion this year says the Victorian Department of primary Industries. ...... FULL STORY
19 Aug 2008 | Sugar shortage coming There will be a global deficit of 3.3 million tonnes of sugar in 2008/09, after a 9.4 million surplus in 2007/08 says merchant Czarnikow. Raw sugar prices have already risen 23 per cent this year. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2008 | Murray Goulburn wants Dairy Farmers Murray Goulburn co-operative has lodged a separate bid for Dairy Farmers, after the joint venture bid with Parmalat fell apart in early August. The ACCC is seeking submissions on the Murray Goulburn bid now & expects to announce findings on the 21 August. ...... FULL STORY
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Site moving more towards covering rural Queenslanders in particular. Building links with tourism. Operator is actively working with small charter plane operators to increase flights.
