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31 Oct 2007 | Biofuels add to grain shortage
Record grain prices are causing beef, pork and dairy farmers to experience severe trading losses a conference to discuss feed grain has been told. ...... FULL STORY
31 Oct 2007 | Fury over 16 per cent water allocations
The South Australian government has frozen water allocations prompting growers along the Murray to warn that the Riverland will turn into a "dustbowl". ...... FULL STORY
29 Oct 2007 | Nationals give support to WEMA
The Wheat Export Marketing Alliance has received a letter from the National's leader, Mark Vaille, endorsing the group's proposal to manage the single desk if the government is re-elected. ...... FULL STORY
26 Oct 2007 | Rate rise will hit farmers hard
Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaille has warned that another rise in interest rates could be the last straw for farmers already struggling to deal with the effects of the drought. ...... FULL STORY
26 Oct 2007 | NSW daylight saving extension approved
Clocks will be moved forward by an hour at 2am this Sunday as daylight savings begins in New South Wales, ACT, South Australia and Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
25 Oct 2007 | Minimal support for Aussie farmers
The financial support paid to farmers by the federal government, although increasing by $55 million since 2005 due to the drought, remains below the levels paid to their counter-parts in the United States and European Union. ...... FULL STORY
24 Oct 2007 | ASIC chases charges against AWB executives
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission is moving quickly to obtain evidence for charges against former AWB executives as time is running out before statutory limitations prevent such action being taken. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2007 | Farmers want less daylight
Farmers in NSW are concerned by a bill before the state parliament this week to commence daylight savings at the beginning of October rather than the end. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2007 | WA GM ban to stay
West Australia's Agriculture Minister, Kim Chance, has said that the state's current ban on GM crops would remain in place for the current term of government and that there would be no change in policy until consumer attitudes toward GM food had improved. ...... FULL STORY
23 Oct 2007 | Water plan under fire
Hundreds of irrigators rallied at Parliament House in Canberra yesterday to express their anger at the government and warn that prices for food will only rise further if water allocation problems are not resolved. ...... FULL STORY
22 Oct 2007 | Assistance hotline running hot
Almost 300 farmers have called the drought assistance hotline to express interest in the exit grants announced by the federal government last month. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2007 | Traveston Dam decision vindicated
The decision by the Queensland state government to build a dam at Traveston has been supported by an environmental impact statement. ...... FULL STORY
19 Oct 2007 | Graincorp fuming over license delays
Graincorp has accused the federal government of hindering its business by not responding to three requests for wheat export licenses that the Agriculture Minister, Peter McGauran, has had for nearly four months. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2007 | South Australia appoints drought-buster
The South Australian Labor government has responded to criticisms that it was not doing enough about the drought by appointing a former Liberal Premier, Dean Brown, to become the state's special advisor on drought. ...... FULL STORY
18 Oct 2007 | Not enough students for agriculture jobs
A report by the University of Sydney has found that by 2013 jobs in environmental management will expand by 45 per cent, forestry by 44 per cent, fisheries by 41 per cent, horticulture and viticulture by 35 per cent, and other agriculture by 32 per cent. ...... FULL STORY
17 Oct 2007 | NFF gets political
The National Farmer's Federation will be involved in an election campaign for the first time in 20 years. ...... FULL STORY
16 Oct 2007 | Telstra says it is ready to shut down CDMA
Telstra has said that it is confident that conditions for closing its old CDMA network as the third-generation Next G network provides coverage that is better than or at least equal to the old network... ...... FULL STORY
16 Oct 2007 | Farmers can profit from climate change
According to a report by the CSIRO Australian farmers could earn up to $1.3 billion per year by harvesting energy from clean, renewable sources and farming carbon. ...... FULL STORY
15 Oct 2007 | AWB investigation on hold
The inquiry into AWB executives that have been accused of paying kickbacks to Saddam Hussein's regime seems to have stalled. ...... FULL STORY
15 Oct 2007 | First water initiatives announced
Although it has not yet gained the support of the state premiers the federal government has announced the first water-saving measures under its $10 billion Murray-Darling rescue plan. ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2007 | Tuckey supports ALP wheat plan
West Australian federal Liberal MP Wilson Tuckey has argued against retaining a single desk system for wheat exports and has said that some voters will switch to the ALP at the coming election... ...... FULL STORY
11 Oct 2007 | Drought may run for many more years
South Australian Greens senator Rachel Siewert has warned that the current drought could go on until 2014. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2007 | Parties shore up votes with drought relief
The phoney election campaign is benefiting farmers as the political parties continue to make promises to support our drought-affected farmers. ...... FULL STORY
10 Oct 2007 | Equestrians need help too
The Equestrian Federation of Australia has said that its members have been largely overlooked in favour of the racing industry for government assistance in dealing with the equine influenza outbreak. ...... FULL STORY
9 Oct 2007 | Horse vaccination program expands
Around 95,000 horses throughout Queensland, NSW and Victoria will be inoculated with the flu vaccine in an attempt to halt the spread of the disease. ...... FULL STORY
8 Oct 2007 | South Australia rejects WEMA plan
The plan to create a grower-owned wheat marketer by the Wheat Export Marketing Alliance has been rejected by the South Australian Farmer's Federation. ...... FULL STORY
8 Oct 2007 | Farmers criticised for overseas labour
Fruit and vegetable growers in Queensland are being investigated by the State Workplace Rights Ombudsman following claims that they are using overseas workers when locals are available. ...... FULL STORY
5 Oct 2007 | Sheep are part of our environment too
A claim for compensation has been rejected following a court decision that sheep are part of the environment and that their welfare is a suitable matter for environmental protection. ...... FULL STORY
4 Oct 2007 | Farmers urged to help with drought funds
The National Farmer's Federation president, David Crombie, has said that its members should accept that they have a "mutual obligation" with the government to meet the costs of addressing the drought. ...... FULL STORY
3 Oct 2007 | SA politician focus on drought
A group of South Australian Farmers Federation officials and politicians will tour the state's Eyre Peninsula region this week to see the effects of the drought first-hand. ...... FULL STORY
3 Oct 2007 | Racing may restart before end of year
Horse racing in southeast Queensland may be allowed again as soon as early December. ...... FULL STORY
2 Oct 2007 | Water funds sprayed in election lead-up
The $1.6 billion allocated to the Water Smart Australia Program that was meant to last until 2010 is almost gone. ...... FULL STORY
2 Oct 2007 | Queensland rejects daylight saving
Farmers in Queensland are relieved that the state has decided not to adopt daylight saving. ...... FULL STORY
2 Oct 2007 | Business could pay $10 billion for energy target
The federal government has estimated that its clean energy target of around 15 per cent will cost industry between $8 billion and $10 billion until 2020. ...... FULL STORY
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