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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.
Topics: fruit, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, farm-labour, rural-tourism, maroochydore-4558
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| UpdatedMeet 91-year-old Alf Stackhouse — a legendary farmer, sailor, former pilot and the master of his own island paradise Badgers Island.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, wool, human-interest, flinders-island-7255, cape-barren-island-7257, tas
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There are fears in India that a move to cut corruption by replacing the country's major banknotes could spread wider and last longer than first thought, with warnings economic growth and food production will suffer.
Topics: currency, markets, farm-labour, money-and-monetary-policy, india
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| UpdatedA Victorian Farmers Federation representative says the political stalemate over the backpacker tax demonstrates "utter contempt" for food producers.
Topics: farm-labour, federal-government, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, agricultural-crops, tax, mirboo-north-3871, maroochydore-4558, albany-6330, katherine-0850
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| UpdatedA Western Australian farmer hopes a project aimed at bridging the divide between country and city will bring a stronger local workforce into rural and regional Australia.
Topics: farm-labour, rural, tenterden-6322
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Farmers are worried their businesses are on the line as politicians continue to debate the backpacker tax.
Topics: agricultural-policy, fruits, fruit, agricultural-crops, farm-labour, canberra-2600, shepparton-3630, robinvale-3549, kialla-east-3631
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Topics: fruit, fruits, agricultural-policy, crop-harvesting, farm-labour, work, robinvale-3549
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People from farming communities affected by suicide are being asked to complete an in-depth survey to help researchers better understand the impact suicide has on families left behind.
Topics: suicide, community-and-society, farm-labour, agribusiness, naracoorte-5271, sa, australia
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This years may be the best hay season in 20 years but prices are unlikely to match it according to two industry experts.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, weather, tutunup-6280, vic, sa
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Amid a downturn in milk prices and upheaval across the industry, hard-working, dairy-farming families are still eking out an existence, making an essential product in what's increasingly a labour of sheer love.
Topics: dairy-production, livestock, rural, farm-labour, girgarre-3624
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| UpdatedAnother Coles and Woolworths supplier has been accused of exploiting illegal migrant workers and the National Union of Workers secretary says it is time for supermarkets to step up and help change the system.
Topics: community-and-society, farm-labour, government-and-politics, unions, work, rural, vic, australia
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| UpdatedAn undercover investigation exposes the exploitation of illegal migrant workers on farms supplying Coles and Woolworths, as a Federal Government adviser calls for reforms to stop the "systemic" abuse of foreign labour.
Topics: farm-labour, law-crime-and-justice, swan-hill-3585
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Farmers in the Northern Territory are planting bananas again after being forced to pull out every plant they had a few years ago.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, agricultural-crops, bananas, agribusiness, environment, nt, australia
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| UpdatedA new digital farmers' market is being set up to link producers directly with consumers and cut out the big supermarkets.
Topics: retail, farm-labour, rural, beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, agribusiness, internet-culture, australia, canberra-2600, act
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Topics: dairy-production, farm-labour, family, lockington-3563
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The Coalition's proposal for a 19 per cent tax on backpacker earnings looks shaky as senators prepare to amend and reject the Government's legislation.
Topics: tourism, federal-government, tax, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, rural-tourism, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe Coalition's 19 per cent backpacker tax compromise looks set for defeat in the Senate, with Labor and Tasmanian Senator Jacqui Lambie pushing for a 10.5 per cent rate
Topics: federal-government, agribusiness, tourism, rural-tourism, fruit, vegetables, viticulture, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, livestock, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedWhen Donna Campagnolo's parents imported the first pepper plants into Australia in the 1970s, everything was done by hand.
Topics: farm-labour, rural, food-processing, food-and-cooking, agricultural-crops, women-in-agriculture, rural-women, silkwood-4856, cairns-4870
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| UpdatedFarmers battling an uncertain economic climate as politicians bicker over proposed backpacker tax changes.
Topics: agribusiness, agricultural-policy, agricultural-crops, federal-government, farm-labour, bundaberg-4670, launceston-7250, parliament-house-2600
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Topics: rural, fruits, fruit, crop-harvesting, farm-labour, agricultural-policy, bundaberg-4670
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| UpdatedA family-owned station in the Top End is giving troubled kids a second chance, teaching them pastoralism, and in this case, how to catch wild bulls.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, livestock, borroloola-0854, nt, australia