Because of flooding in Queensland, the Senate Inquiry Committee has announced that submissions will be accepted until 17th March.    If...

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We don’t want the risk of Mad Cow Disease in our herds. We don’t have it, we’re healthy, we’re green and we want to stay that way and the consumers, d...

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  I know  the time frame is short , but I urge all of you who haven't yet sent in a submission for this inquiry to do so. We must sh...

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“Farmers have had enough. Enough of the restrictions on what they can do on their own land “says Senator Barnaby Joyce.Senator Joyce today said he was...

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Senator Joyce acknowledges that it is day 24 of NSW farmer Peter Spencer’s hunger strike. Driven to despair, Mr Spencer has chained himself 10 metres...

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  Senator Joyce today said he was baffled by the revelations that China is now the second biggest importer of food into Australia, behind New Ze...

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  It is always annoying when other people moralise about something that costs them no money but is a huge impost and in some instances decimates...

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The collapse of Timbercorp and Great Southern Forests is no surprise. If you put forward a scheme where the motive is a tax deduction rather than an i...

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Queensland’s farming families are being dudded out of the ability to make money from their land by the State Labor Government’s moratorium on clearing...

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The Agriculture Minister Mr Burke appears to be the minister for empathy not action, said Senator Barnaby Joyce, the Leader of the Nationals in the Se...

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“As with most people, I shared great interest in the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama. One thing did come to my attention and, while no...

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The Nationals and the Caroona Coal Action Group have vowed to work together to preserve the rich farming land on the Liverpool and Breeza Plains. N...

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The National Party has today led the charge in the Senate to protect the rich farming area of the Liverpool Plains against wholesale mining operations...

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In the wake of today’s historical U.S.Presidential Election, we can be sure that an Obama-Democratic win has implications for trade in Australia. “...

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"Australia must recognise that one of its most scarce resources is prime agricultural land. It is crucial to maintain our Nation's food sovereignty an...

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