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National Farmers Federation calls for energy solution, but farmers fighting coal seam gas fear it will be at their expense.
Topics: agricultural-prices, agribusiness, oil-and-gas, solar-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, irrigation, sydney-2000, warrnambool-3280, darwin-0800, chinchilla-4413, mullaley-2379
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| UpdatedPeople in the village of Mullaley, near Gunnedah in northern New South Wales, say they are becoming increasingly frustrated with ongoing Telstra phone outages.
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, federal-government, mullaley-2379
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| UpdatedA New South Wales farmer who continues to make inroads into China for her linseed-based products wants the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement ratified as soon as possible.
Topics: food-processing, agricultural-marketing, mullaley-2379
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Mullaley farmer Jackie Donoghue says the ratification of the China FTA will be "fantastic' for her linseed business. Read more.
Topics: food-processing, agricultural-marketing, trade, mullaley-2379
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| UpdatedAboriginal Traditional Owners say the desecration of a scar tree near Mullaley shows cultural heritage issues aren't being taken seriously.
Topics: aboriginal, indigenous-culture, mullaley-2379
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The Crime Manager of the Oxley Local Area Command says Police are looking to speak to a number of people who were at a rural property at Mullaley when two men were stabbed on Friday night.
Topics: crime, mullaley-2379
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Topics: rainfall, storm-event, drought, gunnedah-2380, guyra-2365, nundle-2340, barraba-2347, moree-2400, narrabri-2390, inverell-2360, mullaley-2379, tamworth-2340
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Topics: cricket, rural, community-and-society, mullaley-2379
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| UpdatedThe Mayor of Gunnedah Shire Council says Council is some time away from needing to introduce water restrictions, but it's still imperative residents conserve supplies where they can.
Topics: water, water-supply, local-government, gunnedah-2380, mullaley-2379, tambar-springs-2381, curlewis-2381
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Topics: local-government, water, gunnedah-2380, curlewis-2381, mullaley-2379, tambar-springs-2381
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An environmental group says it believes Whitehaven's off-set program for the Maules Creek project will never properly replace what's to be cleared when the open-cut mine begins operations.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, coal, mining-industry, federal-government, boggabri-2382, gunnedah-2380, mullaley-2379
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One of the largest open-cut coal mines in the state has just received final approval to commence operations in the Gunnedah Basin.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, federal-government, mining-rural, boggabri-2382, gunnedah-2380, mullaley-2379
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The National Parks and Wildlife Service has carried out hazard reduction operations in the Garrawilla National Park, between Coonabarabran and Mullaley.
Topics: national-parks, bushfire, mullaley-2379, pilliga-2388
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| UpdatedSantos has responded to questions about gas projects in the Gunnedah Basin at its Annual General Meeting in Adelaide on May 9.
Topics: oil-and-gas, company-news, mullaley-2379
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While some handy rain fell over some of north-west NSW early yesterday morning, many farmers are hoping it's a sign of things to come.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, rainfall, gunnedah-2380, mullaley-2379, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedA small group of landholders met Nationals' MP for Barwon and Minister for Western NSW, Kevin Humphries, in Moree on Thursday.
Topics: oil-and-gas, greens, agricultural-crops, state-parliament, activism-and-lobbying, mining-rural, mullaley-2379, moree-2400, bellata-2397, gurley-2398, guyra-2365
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A health outreach program held in Mullaley has been labelled an overwhelming success by organisers.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, regional, mullaley-2379
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Around 80 people attended a post-mortem on the Tamworth Country Music Festival on Thursday night in Tamworth.
Topics: country, carnivals-and-festivals, tamworth-2340, werris-creek-2341, mullaley-2379
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The federal Environment Minister, Tony Burke, is due to deliver an assessment of the Maules Creek Mine and the Boggabri Mine extension in 48 hours.
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, federal-government, boggabri-2382, gunnedah-2380, mullaley-2379
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| UpdatedThe developer of a proposed quarry expansion near Mullaley says the project offers great economic opportunities for the region.
Topics: mining-rural, local-government, mullaley-2379, gunnedah-2380
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A developer has lodged an application with Gunnedah Shire Council to increase gravel extractions from a quarry near Mullaley from 30,000 cubic metres, or 90,000 tonnes, a year to 200,000 cubic metres, or 600,000 tonnes, a year.
Topics: mining-rural, local-government, beef-cattle, agricultural-crops, mullaley-2379, gunnedah-2380
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Coal seam gas (CSG) will again be the topic of conversation when politicians and farmers gather in Mullaley for an information session today.
Topics: oil-and-gas, mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, coal, environment, mullaley-2379, tamworth-2340
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| UpdatedThe new head of Meat and Livestock Australia is vowing to turn back the organisation's focus from agripolitics to research and development.
Topics: agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, research, mullaley-2379
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Mullaley farmer and the chairman of Eastern Star Gas, John Anderson, says farmers deserve better compensation in coal seam gas (CSG) land access agreements.
Topics: coal, oil-and-gas, agribusiness, mining-rural, mullaley-2379, tamworth-2340