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30 May 2007 | Quarantine under fire
The World Trade Organisation's head, Dr Gretchen Stanton has said "There is a perception that Australia is way too defensive in its approach to quarantine" ...... FULL STORY
28 May 2007 | New water planning committee
The federal government has set up a committee to look at contingency planning for domestic water supplies and will probably look at assistance for irrigators. ...... FULL STORY
28 May 2007 | Victoria still not convinced about water
The Victorian Premier, Steve Bracks, has warned that a follow-up meeting with Prime Minister John Howard will only be productive if more details about the proposed $10 billion water plan are provided. ...... FULL STORY
25 May 2007 | Legal threat to federal plans
The federal government plan to take over control of water in the Murray-Darling basin could be under threat from a legal challenge by a group of irrigators who claim that the state and federal governments have stripped them ... ...... FULL STORY
24 May 2007 | Irrigators unhappy with compensation
Irrigators in NSW say that the $100 million in compensation offered by the state and federal governments for water licence reductions is not sufficient and four class actions against the state government are under way. ...... FULL STORY
16 May 2007 | Bananas going back up
Banana prices are on the rise again. ...... FULL STORY
9 May 2007 | Tasmania fruit fly identified
The live fruit fly larvae that sparked a biosecurity alert in Tasmania has been identified as Queensland fruit fly. ...... FULL STORY
9 May 2007 | Crop breakthrough
Victorian scientists have developed a technology that could double crop yields by delaying the ageing process of leaves. ...... FULL STORY
7 May 2007 | Growers lose $1 million in water saga
Internal State Government documents report that damage to vegetables during the "yellow lettuce" saga in Werribee cost growers $1 million last year. ...... FULL STORY
4 May 2007 | Farmers tell Turnbull he's on his own
Water Resources Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lost the support of the Victorian Farmers Federation. ...... FULL STORY
1 May 2007 | Orchard charged over parrot deaths
Select Harvests, Australia’s biggest almond grower, has been charged over the shooting of threatened regent parrots near its orchards in north-west Victoria. ...... FULL STORY
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