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Pip Courtney takes Landline's centre stage

4:00 AM | IT'S been almost 26 years since a young ABC cadet from Tasmania began her career in journalism and current affairs.

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Sewing his way to success

3:00 AM | GUNNEDAH isn’t the only town able to boast a fashion icon in model Miranda Kerr, with the spotlight recently turned on Moree’s up-and-coming fashion designer Dylan Cooper.

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‘We need farmers’

3:00 AM | GOVERNOR-General Quentin Bryce used her Australia Day address to highlight the importance of careers in agriculture and the vitality of farmers for all Australians.

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'Peak everything': Fischer

3:00 AM | FEW public figures in secular Australia can wangle the Pope and agriculture into the same speech, but Tim Fischer is a notable exception.

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DAFF directionless, say Cobb and Nash

3:00 AM | THE federal opposition started the new parliamentary year this week by accusing the Labor government of abandoning agriculture.

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NFF welcomes broadband committment

11 Feb 12 | THE National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister that two satellites will be built to deliver high speed broadband to regional and remote Australia.

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India’s rural crush

10 Feb 12 | STARVATION and suicide plagues India’s farmers and rural poor more severely today than it did prior to the country’s green revolution. |

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Fears flood-risk map will hit insurance cover

10 Feb 12 | A NATIONAL flood-risk map to be managed by the federal government will be used by insurers as a cover to raise premiums unnecessarily, according to consumer advocates. | Cotton cops a cropping | Australia key for food price ...

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Asia Iron farm land deal no big deal

10 Feb 12 | ABOUT 3250 hectares of prime Three Springs farmland has been purchased by a subsidiary of mining company Asia Iron Holdings. |

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Anger at independent MPs on woodchips

10 Feb 12 | THE independent federal MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor have backed out of what the Greens say was a ''critical'' part of the carbon tax deal, moving to allow the forestry industry to continue burning native woodchips as renewable energy. |

Comments (1) | Solar power: the dark side of ... | Audit finds errors on emissions

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Abattoir cruelty on camera

10 Feb 12 | A SYDNEY abattoir has been forced to stop slaughtering and faces closure and prosecution after hidden-camera footage of chilling animal cruelty emerged. |

Comments (6) | Quiet opportunity on AAco front | Cattle exporters set for 'half' ...

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Xstrata agrees to merge

10 Feb 12 | LONDON - Mining giant Xstrata and commodities dealer Glencore have agreed to a $US90 billion ($A84.22 billion) merger that will create the world's fourth largest natural resources company. |

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Joyce battles floods at home

10 Feb 12 | QUEENSLAND Senator Barnaby Joyce has missed the start of federal parliament for 2012 to roll up his sleeves back home in the inland town of St George and help the local community battle devastating floods.

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Few go for cash offer to move to bush

09 Feb 12 | ONLY 306 people have signed up for a federal government scheme to provide financial incentives for the unemployed to move to rural areas. |

Comments (7) | Food for thought on foreign ... | Consumers key to ethanol success

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NBN returns fire on satellites

09 Feb 12 | THE national broadband network is counting on signing up about 200,000 households to its new satellite internet service across regional Australia at a cost of almost $10,000 a customer. |

Comments (2) | Telstra warns NBN prices too high | $620m NBN satellites to connect ...

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Greens push for CSG inquiry

09 Feb 12 | GREENS Senator Larissa Waters has proposed a broad-ranging Federal Senate inquiry to investigate the impacts of Coal Seam Gas mining on land and water resources on a comprehensive national scale. | AACo's 'green' abattoir punt | How much water does the Murray ...

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Telstra profit soars 23pc on mobiles

09 Feb 12 | Telstra, Australia's largest phone company, reported first-half earnings of almost $1.5 billion, a touch below analyst expectations, as a jump in mobile subscribers was countered by a fall in sales at its Yellow Pages Sensis business. | Telstra chief mulls NBN dividend | Telstra warns NBN prices too high

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