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Katter plans 12 month dairy fix

4:00 AM | AN arbitration panel to adjudicate on dairy prices is the latest policy proposal from Katter’s Australia Party.

Agribusiness and General - Political

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.

Agribusiness and General - General

Creative hijack helps Roma flood recovery

11 Feb 12 | BARCALDINE residents, guess what? Your weekly truck-load of meat and veg. may not have arrived, but it is doing a great job feeding flood victims at Roma and Mitchell.

Agribusiness and General - General

Barcoo mayor retires

11 Feb 12 | BARCOO Shire mayor Bruce Scott might be a reluctant politician, but after almost two decades in local government he admits to being a little hesitant to go.

Agribusiness and General - Political

11 Feb 12 | A JOINT parliamentary committee made up of equal numbers of LNP and ALP MPs has cleared the way for the Bligh government to tax Queensland grazing by charging rent on stock routes and road reserves.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Diamonds in the rough

10 Feb 12 | Diamonds have been found in the mud of Mitchell, as the western Queensland town continues its slow recovery from its worst flood since 1864.

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AgForce welcomes flood grants

10 Feb 12 | PRIMARY producers in flood-affected south-west and central Queensland shires can now apply for $25 000 flood grants to help pay to repair damaged infrastructure.

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Keep watch for flood-related animal diseases

09 Feb 12 | PRODUCERS are warned to keep an eye out for animal diseases in parts of Queensland affected by severe flooding.

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Inland towns face insurance drought

09 Feb 12 | ROMA hotel managers Bronwyn Bourman and Evan Patch say the little insurance they could secure to protect the Overlander Homestead Hotel against flood won't even touch the sides of the estimated $800,000 repair bill.

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Mitchell residents 'left behind'

09 Feb 12 | Mitchell's 700 residents have begun to fight back after the town's worst-ever flood, although many believe they were forgotten by the mainstream emergency services crews until yesterday.

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Katter is no One Nation, say pundits

09 Feb 12 | KATTER'S Australian Party is predicted to win four seats at the upcoming Queensland election but is unlikely to replicate the success of One Nation, according to key election analysts.

Agribusiness and General - Political

Flood anger as disaster strikes again

09 Feb 12 | THE irate mayor of the flood-damaged Balonne Shire wants to know why State Government authorities turned their back on her region and failed to help prepare for this year's flood disaster. |

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Agribusiness and General - Political

Barnie's win something to bang on about

09 Feb 12 | IPSWICH butcher Barnie Nolan is proving he is a true sausage king without peer.

Agribusiness and General - General

Hunt on for wild dog co-ordinator

09 Feb 12 | AGFORCE says it is pleased to announce another weapon will soon be available in the ongoing battle to control wild dog attacks on sheep and cattle. |

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$25,000 grants available for flooded SW Qld producers

08 Feb 12 | QUEENSLAND Agriculture Minister Tim Mulherin has today welcomed the Prime Minister's approval of Category C assistance of grants up to $25,000 for communities in South West Queensland affected by flooding.

Agribusiness and General - Finance

Flood damage could see new bridge fast-tracked

08 Feb 12 | A NEW bridge on the main freight link between Darwin and Brisbane could be fast-tracked after an old bridge over the Maranoa River was badly damaged in record flooding near Mitchell.

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Aerial surveys reveal damage to farming, grazing country: AgForce

08 Feb 12 | WHILE there is understandable concern about the impact of flooding in south-west Queensland towns, broadacre farm group AgForce said aerial surveys show outlying properties have also been hit hard by record river heights.

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Locust numbers low but more flagged for Feb

08 Feb 12 | LOCUST population density remained low throughout western Queensland, New South Wales, and in northern Victoria during January.

Agribusiness and General - General

Rail race to Galilee Basin

08 Feb 12 | RURAL landholders across a vast stretch of Central Queensland from Alpha to Bowen are contemplating yet another player in the race to establish a rail corridor to transport coal out of the state's next big coal-mining hub, the Galilee Basin.

Agribusiness and General - Services