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| UpdatedOne Nation's Pauline Hanson says her party will support the 15 per cent backpacker tax compromise, but adds she's uncertain whether Tasmanian Senator Jacquie Lambie will.
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| UpdatedA Victorian Farmers Federation representative says the political stalemate over the backpacker tax demonstrates "utter contempt" for food producers.
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| UpdatedCane growers in the north New South Wales say recent dry conditions have helped contribute to an excellent quality harvest with high sugar content.
Topics: sugar, crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, pimlico-2478
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LISTEN: Kelp forests may need robot helper
Topics: marine-biology, crop-harvesting, climate-change, devonport-7310
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| UpdatedSea crawling robots designed to kill predatory sea urchins could be lifeline for critical kelp forests.
Topics: marine-biology, crop-harvesting, climate-change, devonport-7310
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A Gippsland agricultural contractor says an "average season" has delivered higher hay and silage yields after record dry conditions last year.
Topics: crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, yarram-3971
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Scaddan farmer Tom Curnow talks about the last year in which he and his brother Riley have taken on the family farm.
Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, rural-youth, bushfire, esperance-6450
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Nineteen-year-old Curnow boys Tom and Riley are harvesting their first crop after losing father Kym in 2015 Esperance bushfires.
Topics: bushfire, rural-youth, crop-harvesting, death, community-development, family, scaddan-6447
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Reports of up to 90 per cent crop losses confirms Western Australian farmers' worst expectations for frost damage.
Topics: crop-harvesting, weather, agricultural-crops, narembeen-6369, hyden-6359
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After three years of preparation, planning and sheer hard work Cameron Williams is about to bring in his first garlic pay cheque. Read more
Topics: crop-harvesting, food-and-cooking, herbs, gingin-6503
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| UpdatedThe manager of two Queensland meatworks says both sides of government need to focus on engaging local jobseekers, rather than restricting requirements for foreign workers.
Topics: food-processing, crop-harvesting, government-and-politics, work, mackay-4740
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Melon farms in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia are busy harvesting fruit for markets around Australia
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A small community in regional Western Australia rallies around a farmer diagnosed with cancer.
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| UpdatedAt least 450 farms have lost some or all of their crops in north west Victoria after wild weather battered the region.
Topics: fruit, fruits, grain, crop-harvesting, storm-disaster, red-cliffs-3496, mildura-3500, merbein-3505
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Topics: grain, vegetables, crop-harvesting, wheat, storm-disaster, mildura-3500, merbein-3505