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Another week, another round of bluff and bluster in the halls of Parliament House. Are the Liberals cosying up with One Nation? Have the wheels fallen off the Omnibus? What do former politicians entitlements have to do with Nazi Germany? Matthew Doran and Stephen Dziedzic try to make sense of the week that was.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, federal-elections, australia, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.
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Farmers want to rein in electricity prices, saying their supply has become more unreliable as it has become more expensive.
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In this week’s episode of “Days of our Parliamentary Lives” Cory announces he’s leaving the band to start a solo career, Malcolm gets an grumpy phone call from his US business partner, and the postman receives a less than friendly delivery from the Senate.
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government says it has heard the concerns of struggling farmers, and will move to make it easier and faster to access income support payments.
Topics: welfare, drought, water, rural, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, dairy-production, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedFormer Murray Goulburn boss Gary Helou, in his first public comments since the dairy crisis, has defended the actions the processor made before cutting farm milk prices.
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For rural Australia in 2016, no policy issue was more important - or more frustrating - than the backpacker tax.
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The Australian Institute of Architects calls for an urgent review of plans to build a fence around Parliament House in Canberra, which includes sealing off the grass lawns on the sides of the building.
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Rock lobsters and farmed salmon are the highlights of a successful year for Australian seafood industry in 2014-15.
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| UpdatedThe Federal Government abandons plans to reduce the cost of working holiday visas, even though Parliament has already approved the change.
Topics: federal-government, rural-tourism, tourism, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, parliament-house-2600
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The Small Business Ombudsman has recommended banks be forced to give more notice to farms and small business if they are threatening to cancel loans.
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New Zealand dairy farmers in Australia can't access the help they need to survive
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| UpdatedNational water agencies will receive secure funding into the future, as part of the Federal Government's mid-year budget update.
Topics: conservation, environmental-policy, murray-darling-basin, water, budget, water-management, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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Life in Parliament House is finally winding down for 2016, after a long and bruising 12 months. Matthew Doran is joined by a number of special guests to in this special retrospective look at the year that was, and some are even brave enough to look into their crystal balls to predict what 2017 might have in offer.
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| UpdatedMore than 300 people are set to tumble down the lawns of Parliament House in Canberra this weekend before visitors are formally barred from the grassy area.
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| UpdatedABC Rural digs through the details of the new backpacker tax changes, to find out what they mean for farmers and working holiday makers.
Topics: superannuation, federal-government, tax, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, farm-labour, parliament-house-2600
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This week, it's all about who said what, when, why they said it and what did they actually mean. Francis Keany and Alex Beech join Matthew Doran in trying to answer what Josh Frydenberg was talking about on Monday when he mentioned an emissions intensity scheme, only to say he hadn't mentioned it the following day? And what was Rod Culleton going on about outside the High Court - a court he doesn't even accept should be the highest in the land.
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Treasurer Scott Morrison has approved the sale of the iconic S. Kidman & Co cattle company and its vast outback holdings to mining magnate Gina Rinehart, and her Chinese joint partner Shanghai CRED. Anna Creek and The Peake stations - which are adjacent to the Woomera weapons testing range - were carved out of the sale and will be bought separately by the Williams family.
Topics: federal-government, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, cattle-feedlots, beef-cattle, parliament-house-2600
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Community Landcare volunteers worry that dismantling the Green Army will mean less money for conservation projects.
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| UpdatedThe Productivity Commission says a national policy guaranteeing landline telephone access for all Australians is "anachronistic and needs to change".
Topics: regional-development, regional, federal-government, information-and-communication, agribusiness, agricultural-subsidies, agricultural-policy, parliament-house-2600