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Super funds snub ag because it’s too hard

Super funds snub ag because it’s too hard

Parliamentary inquiry panel urges a big shakeup in agricultural statistical information to give investors useful industry data

Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick check on some of the people and businesses making news around the agribusiness traps

Omaroo asking $1.825 million

Omaroo asking $1.825 million

Pittsworth property Omaroo has been listed at $1.825 million after being put to auction by Ray White Rural.

Claremont makes $2.65m

Claremont makes $2.65m

Glen Innes property Claremont has sold at auction for for $2.65 million.

Done deal: Water Ministers complete Murray Darling Basin Plan

Done deal: Water Ministers complete Murray Darling Basin Plan

Niall Blair calls for MDBA to relocated to offices across the Basin

Ministers hail historic Basin Plan agreement

Ministers hail historic Basin Plan agreement

Water Minister's meeting hailed as historic

Riverslea passed in for $6m

Riverslea passed in for $6m

Surat property Riverslea has been passed in for $6 million at a Ray White Rural auction in Brisbane today.

Agribusiness

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Super funds snub ag because it’s too hard

Super funds snub ag because it’s too hard

Parliamentary inquiry panel urges a big shakeup in agricultural statistical information to give investors useful industry data

Agribusiness buzz in brief

Agribusiness buzz in brief

A quick check on some of the people and businesses making news around the agribusiness traps

China looks to Aussie genetics to breed meat super sheep

China looks to Aussie genetics to breed meat super sheep

Veterinary group, Apiam, is taking its artificial breeding expertise to north western China in a joint venture.

Fuel prices fail to drop in line with crude

Fuel prices fail to drop in line with crude

Retail fuel prices have failed to fall in line with the drop in international crude oil values over the past two months.

Politics

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McKenzie calls support of live-ex ban “crazy”

McKenzie calls support of live-ex ban “crazy”

Nationals deputy leader, senator Bridget McKenzie, has labelled two of her coalition liberal colleagues “crazy” for supporting a live sheep export ban.

Feds weigh in on rural maternity unit closures

Feds weigh in on rural maternity unit closures

The federal rural health minister has weighed-in on maternity service issues impacting the Queensland town of Theodore.

It’s a flaming mess; Oakey firefighting foam contamination inquiry

It’s a flaming mess; Oakey firefighting foam contamination inquiry

The second parliamentary inquiry into potential contamination from use of firefighting foam at Oakey defence airbase was held on Tuesday.

Injunction granted against AgForce posters

Injunction granted against AgForce posters

AgForce has been advised that the ALP is seeking a Federal Court injunction against the promotional material the rural lobby group is displaying at polling booths in the Longman electorate.

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Omaroo asking $1.825 million

Omaroo asking $1.825 million

Pittsworth property Omaroo has been listed at $1.825 million after being put to auction by Ray White Rural.

Claremont makes $2.65m

Claremont makes $2.65m

Glen Innes property Claremont has sold at auction for for $2.65 million.

Riverslea passed in for $6m

Riverslea passed in for $6m

Surat property Riverslea has been passed in for $6 million at a Ray White Rural auction in Brisbane today.

Fassifern passed in for $850,000 | Video

Fassifern passed in for $850,000 | Video

Kalbar district property Fassifern was passed in for $850,000 at a Ray White Rural auction in Brisbane today.

Miramar sold prior to auction

Miramar sold prior to auction

The Surat property Miramar has sold prior to auction, leaving Riverslea up for grabs today.

The Homestead under offer

The Homestead under offer

The White family's Surat property The Homestead is under offer after it was put to auction on Wednesday.

Life & Style

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Doing our bit at home

Doing our bit at home

The New England Soldiers' Club, a place for all members of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces, camped at Armidale Showground in 1916.

Why should we remember the Great War?

Why should we remember the Great War?

I do think the war was a tragedy, even aside from the suffering and death it imposed.

Postcards from the Western Front

Postcards from the Western Front

Thanks for the socks but send more cigarettes: there's hope and humour in these letters home from a country lad fighting the Old Fritz in 1917.

Road to Remembrance

Road to Remembrance

When at last the conflict ended on November 11, 1918, it left behind a country bereft with grief.

Readers reveal family stories of WWI

Readers reveal family stories of WWI

Fairfax Media put out a call-out for family stories telling the memories of their loved ones from World War One.

Postcards from the Western Front

Postcards from the Western Front

Thanks for the socks but send more cigarettes: there's hope and humour in these letters home from a country lad fighting the Old Fritz in 1917.

How to build a town with rural job creation

How to build a town with rural job creation

When it comes to rural employment, more people are creating their own jobs to help keep local communities strong.

Events

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All the photos from the MLA dinner at Red Meat 2018

All the photos from the MLA dinner at Red Meat 2018

Click here for photos from the dinner marking 20 years of MLA at the Red Meat Conference 2018

Doing our bit at home

Doing our bit at home

The New England Soldiers' Club, a place for all members of the Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces, camped at Armidale Showground in 1916.

Why should we remember the Great War?

Why should we remember the Great War?

I do think the war was a tragedy, even aside from the suffering and death it imposed.

Young WA women on power trip to Canberra

Young WA women on power trip to Canberra

Three high school students from regional WA have won the Country to Canberra’s Leadership Competition.

Readers reveal family stories of WWI

Readers reveal family stories of WWI

Fairfax Media put out a call-out for family stories telling the memories of their loved ones from World War One.

Armistice Centenary: We can never forget

Armistice Centenary: We can never forget

Dungog is one Australian community that sent away its young men to war a century ago.

Ag Minister ‘disappointed’ by AWI implementation plan

Ag Minister ‘disappointed’ by AWI implementation plan

David Littleproud expresses disappointment in AWI's implementation plan efforts.