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The agriculture representative on the ACCC is accused of a conflict of interest because he is also head of the Australian Farm Institute.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-policy, consumer-protection, shepparton-3630, mudgegonga-3737, canberra-2600
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Beef farmers believe that the wrong cattle are being used to set prices in Australia.
Topics: livestock, beef-cattle, agricultural-policy, agricultural-prices, shepparton-3630, mudgegonga-3737, melbourne-3000, canberra-2600
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Beechworth and Mudgegonga residents, affected by the Black Saturday bushfires, will not be compensated before Christmas.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-incidents, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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The solicitors representing Beechworth and Mudgegonga residents affected by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfire say up to 300 people could be eligible for compensation.
Topics: bushfire, beechworth-3747, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690, mudgegonga-3737
Posted
| UpdatedThe victims of a Black Saturday bushfire in Victoria's north-east have won a $32.5 million compensation settlement.
Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, courts-and-trials, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, vic
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Residents in areas affected by the Black Saturday bushfires are being asked to participate in a five-year study into the health and wellbeing of community members.
Topics: bushfire, mental-health, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690, eildon-3713
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A class action brought by property owners affected by the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires has been adjourned.
Topics: bushfire, courts-and-trials, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737
Posted
| UpdatedThe Supreme Court will begin hearing a class action today brought by property owners in the state's north who were affected by the Black Saturday bushfires.
Topics: courts-and-trials, bushfire, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630
Posted
An inquest into two deaths involving overhead powerlines in regional Victoria has begun in Melbourne.
Topics: courts-and-trials, accidents, nhill-3418, horsham-3400, mildura-3500, mudgegonga-3737
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Police say three people are lucky to be alive after a car crash at Mudgegonga in Victoria's north-east last night.
Topics: road, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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A 27-year-old woman from Mudgegonga will face court after recording a blood-alcohol reading more than four times over the limit at the weekend.
Topics: traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, crime, mudgegonga-3737, australia, vic
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Telstra says it would consider building a mobile phone tower in bushfire affected part of north-east Victoria, if it gets Federal Government funding.
Topics: mobile-phones, bushfire, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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The Victorian Government has defended its decision to hold a bushfire consultation session outside the fire-affected Mudgegonga area.
Topics: royal-commission-victoria-2009-bushfires, bushfire, states-and-territories, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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Power company SP AusNet says it rejects allegations of negligence in relation to the Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria.
Topics: bushfire, electricity-energy-and-utilities, fires, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
Posted
Communities affected by the February 7 bushfires last year are anxiously awaiting the release of the Bushfire Royal Commission's final report tomorrow.
Topics: royal-commission-victoria-2009-bushfires, bushfire, mudgegonga-3737, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
Posted
Communities in northern Victoria will pause on Sunday to reflect on the Black Saturday fires.
Topics: bushfire, death, volunteers, beechworth-3747, mudgegonga-3737, wodonga-3690
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The Victorian Emergency Services Minister, Bob Cameron, says poor telecommunications in bushfire prone areas is not the State Government's responsibility.
Topics: industry, telecommunications, fires, bushfire, mudgegonga-3737, wodonga-3690
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A north-east Victoria man who started a grass fire near Mudgegonga earlier this year has been given a suspended jail sentence.
Topics: arson, crime, mudgegonga-3737, wodonga-3690
Posted
| UpdatedThe Bushfires Royal Commission has heard a north-west Victorian couple killed on Black Saturday tried to fight the fire.
Topics: royal-commission-victoria-2009-bushfires, bushfire, royal-commissions, mudgegonga-3737
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| UpdatedRSPCA considers a posthumous Purple Cross for a horse that saved other animals on Black Saturday.
Topics: animals, disasters-and-accidents, fires, bushfire, human-interest, awards-and-prizes, mudgegonga-3737, vic, wodonga-3690
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Strong progress is being made with clean-up works in the Mudgegonga and Barwidgee fire affected areas.
Topics: bushfire, fires, mudgegonga-3737, wodonga-3690
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| UpdatedThe death toll from Victoria's Black Saturday bushfires has been reduced to 173.
Topics: bushfire, police, narbethong-3778, bendigo-3550, callignee-3844, churchill-3842, mudgegonga-3737, north-bendigo-3550
Posted
The clean-up of fire ravaged areas in north-east Victoria has started.
Topics: bushfire, emergency-planning, fires, mudgegonga-3737, vic, wodonga-3690
Posted
The Alpine Council in north-east Victoria is worried about the escalating cost of helping bushfire affected residents.
Topics: bushfire, fires, local-government, mudgegonga-3737, vic, wodonga-3690
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The Victorian Nationals are demanding Government personnel be up-front about what happened during the Black Saturday bushfires.
Topics: bushfire, fires, nationals, states-and-territories, royal-commissions, mudgegonga-3737, vic, benalla-3672, wodonga-3690