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29 Aug 2003 | Wool research funding 'misused'
A Senate inquiry was told on August 28 that Col Dorber, former head of Australian Wool Innovation, misused funds and employed his own children. ...... FULL STORY
28 Aug 2003 | New-look water rights in Victoria
The Victorian Government may allow water rights to be held without owning land. ...... FULL STORY
28 Aug 2003 | WA Govt funds for organic industry
The Western Australian Government has granted $60,000 in funding for a development project examining WA's organic and biodynamic industry. ...... FULL STORY
25 Aug 2003 | PM's $500m bid to save river system
The Prime Minister will put a $500 million rescue package for the Murray-Darling river system to premiers this week. ...... FULL STORY
22 Aug 2003 | Vic forests to be logged
Victorian forests destroyed by the Summer bushfires will be logged and replanted. ...... FULL STORY
21 Aug 2003 | Govt chips in $43m for Vic farmers
Victorian farmers have received more than $43 million during the current drought from federal government assistance, official figures show. ...... FULL STORY
20 Aug 2003 | Grains giant for east coast
Grainco Australia Ltd shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a takeover by NSW bulk grain handler GrainCorp Ltd ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2003 | Reform unlikely to sweeten harvest
Queensland's sugar industry reforms may be postponed until 2004, as a stalemate between state and federal governments makes the passing of laws in time for next year's cane season unlikely. ...... FULL STORY
18 Aug 2003 | Fifty-four rural Telstra exchange areas need upgrades: ACA
The Australian Communications Authority has identified 54 Telstra exchange service areas in regional Australia that are in need of urgent upgrade. ...... FULL STORY
15 Aug 2003 | Global warming turns up heat on burping cows
Livestock are responsible for more than half Australia's methane emissions and up to 90 per cent of the methane produced on Victorian farms comes from the burping and breathing of cattle (rather than flatulence). ...... FULL STORY
14 Aug 2003 | Pork producers back importer levy
Australian pork producers have welcomed a move to impose a voluntary levy on pork importers to help fund domestic pork promotion. ...... FULL STORY
14 Aug 2003 | Howard says bush up to scratch on telecommunications
The Prime Minister says that telecommunications services in rural areas are "now mostly up to scratch - as I promised". ...... FULL STORY
13 Aug 2003 | Pig meat might fly in quarantine reform
Biosecurity Australia has proposed that quarantine barriers to the import of cooked pig meat generally be dismantled, as long as certain conditions are met by the exporters. ...... FULL STORY
13 Aug 2003 | Bait program to replace $2m fox bounty trial
The $2 million Victorian fox bounty trial has failed to cull fox numbers and will be replaced with an extended baiting program. ...... FULL STORY
11 Aug 2003 | Control bid for stock routes
Rural councils and shires want greater control over stock routes, which graziers often turn to for stock feed during drought. ...... FULL STORY
11 Aug 2003 | Farmers reject FTA offer
The Federal Government's aim to conclude a free trade agreement with the US by the end of 2003 is in jeopardy, as the National Farmers' Federation has rejected the US's initial offer. ...... FULL STORY
8 Aug 2003 | $3.5m available for SA farmers
FarmBis has $3.5 million to spend on South Australian agricultural training. ...... FULL STORY
7 Aug 2003 | Fear of speculators buying water stocks
An auction will be held today in the South Australian town of Loxton of 9,500 megalitres of water. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2003 | NSW shires dig in over boundary restructuring
The New South Wales Government is pressing small shires to amalgamate or undergo boundary restructuring. ...... FULL STORY
4 Aug 2003 | NSWFF board under fire
The board of the New South Wales Farmers' Association was criticised recently over the association's continued financial losses. ...... FULL STORY
1 Aug 2003 | Rural Vic gets more funding for broadband services
The Victorian Government will spend an additional $900,000 to boost regional broadband infrastructure in the rural town of Shepparton. ...... FULL STORY
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