14th March 2010

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  • Icon_camera Absinthe makes the heart grow fonder

    Created Fri, 12th of Mar 2010

    It was known as the green fairy for its alleged psychoactive properties, but Australia's only commercial absinthe maker believes the aniseed beverage's reputation is more fiction than fact. Alla ... more

  • Growers fear housing threat

    Created Fri, 12th of Mar 2010

    South Australia's Fresh Fruit Growers Association says allowing more residential houses to be built in horticultural zones would be hugely detrimental to growers. Chairman Dino Cerrachi says there ... more

  • Cubbie Station dams nearly two-thirds full

    Created Fri, 12th of Mar 2010

    The greatest private diversion of irrgation water in Australia's history is happening in south-west Queensland. Storages on the nation's biggest cotton farm are now 60 per cent full. Queensland ... more

  • SAFF backs new national grains body

    Created Fri, 12th of Mar 2010

    The South Australian Farmers Federation supports the establishment of a new peak body to represent grain growers across the country. But it says ithe body will need to operate a lot differently ... more

  • Likely atypical scrapie case to be tested in UK

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Australia's chief vet has confirmed that an indicative case of atypical scrapie has been found in a Western Australian sheep during a routine inspection. A case of atypical scrapie has never been ... more

  • Likely atypical scrapie case to be tested in UK

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    Australia's chief vet has confirmed that an indicative case of atypical scrapie has been found in a Western Australian sheep during a routine inspection. A case of atypical scrapie has never been ... more

  • Grazier cries out for more flood relief

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    A south-west Queensland grazier says there is a need for much more financial assistance to help landholders recover from the record floods of the past week. Stuart MacKenzie from Eromanga says ... more

  • Moves towards formation of new national grains body

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    A model for a new new national grain lobby groups is in the final stages of development. Spokesperson for 'Grain Producers' and director of the Grains Research Foundation, Peter Mailller, says ... more

  • Another Senate hearing on BSE

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    A Senate inquiry into the Government's BSE beef policy has delayed the release of its final report and will hold another hearing into the matter. Opposition Senators today won the Senate's support ... more

  • Opposition questions benefits of buying Cubbie water

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    The Federal Opposition's water spokesman has raised doubts about the benefits of the government buying Cubbie Station's water entitlements, despite floods filling the property's dams. The southern ... more

  • NSW Farmers call for national grains body

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    The peak farming body in NSW wants better national representation for Australian grain growers. The NSW Farmers Association is pushing for a national grain grower's body made up of state farming ... more

  • Court ruling could make it easier to sell Cubbie water

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Full dams at Cubbie Station from this year's floods will make water purchases more attractive to the Commonwealth. The giant cotton farm near the NSW-Queensland border is for sale, and in ... more

  • Downpour a mixed blessing for farmers

    Created Thu, 11th of Mar 2010

    Recent heavy rainfall has been a mixed blessing for landholders affected by the devastating fire near Tooma in southern New South Wales last year. A community appeal has raised $86,000 and a ... more

  • Farm group backs High Court ruling

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    The New South Wales Farmers Association has welcomed a report from its industrial wing on a High Court ruling critical of the state's industrial laws. WorkCover has been ordered to pay the legal ... more

  • Animal health authorities test for possible scrapie case

    Created Wed, 10th of Mar 2010

    Animal health authorities are testing a sheep's brain for what could be Australia's first case of the disease atypical scrapie. Although not confirmed the sheep is thought to be from Western ... more


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