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28 Nov 2003 | Rural doctors plan exodus
A new report predicts that the bush is headed for a health crisis, with rural doctors threatening a major exodus within the next five years. ...... FULL STORY
27 Nov 2003 | Drought will 'kill' bush towns
Drought-hit regions will take up to seven years to recover, and some will never attract back the labour they lost during the drought, the Deputy Prime Minister, John Anderson, said on November 26. ...... FULL STORY
21 Nov 2003 | Drought exempts farmers from paying wage rise
About 10,000 farmers who qualify for Exceptional Circumstances assistance will not have to pay their farm hands the extra $17 a week most workers are now getting. ...... FULL STORY
17 Nov 2003 | Stockmen dealt pay by the day
Industrial relations consultant Paul Houlihan has just negotiated a new pay deal covering workers on seven beef stations owned by Heytesbury Holdings. ...... FULL STORY
12 Nov 2003 | Call for lower rural wages
A report by the Centre for Independent Studies, calling for lower wages for rural and regional workers, has been rejected by unions as "disgraceful" and the Federal Government as "punishing". ...... FULL STORY
7 Nov 2003 | Drought blamed for fall in rural employment
Agricultural employment fell by 60,000 jobs during 2002-2003 due to the drought, according to Treasury's Spring Economic Round-up, released last week. ...... FULL STORY
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