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Government loans for cyclone affected farmers
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Loans will be made available to cyclone-affected farmers, while continuing wet weather prevents them from assessing damage to their properties.
Topics: weather, floods, cyclone, sugar, vegetables, fruits, government-and-politics, beef-cattle, bowen-4805, mackay-4740, proserpine-4800, whitsundays-4802
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Government announces sugar industry code of conduct
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The Federal Government has announced a mandatory code of conduct for the sugar industry in a bid to resolve a long-running dispute affecting canegrowers in North Queensland.
Topics: sugar, federal-government, rural, agricultural-policy, australia
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QCH cyclone debbie affected cane image
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Topics: rural, disasters-and-accidents, cyclone, weather, sugar, mackay-4740
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Farmers wait to assess crop damage from Cyclone Debbie
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North Queensland cane farmers can see their crops have been flattened but have to wait to get into the cane fields to assess the damage.
Topics: cyclones, weather, emergency-incidents, sugar, proserpine-4800, mackay-4740, home-hill-4806
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Plan to solve sugar industry dispute 'in the drawer', Joyce says
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the Government has a code of conduct for the sugar industry and is waiting to "play that card" when necessary.
Topics: sugar, government-and-politics, qld
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Cane farm overrun by saltwater crocodiles
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A sugar cane grower on Queensland's Atherton Tablelands claims his farm has been overtaken by saltwater crocodiles.
Topics: animals, sugar, crocodile, mareeba-4880
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Coastal catchments are already saturated after recent rains image
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Topics: sugar, sarina-4737
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One Nation strike to derail Government agenda
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One Nation senators say they will effectively go on strike until a dispute involving Queensland sugarcane growers is resolved, which could derail the Coalition's attempts to pass legislation in their last sitting week before the budget.
Topics: parliament, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, one-nation, sugar, rural, agricultural-crops, pauline-hanson, qld
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Intense storm belts north coast farming community of New Italy
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Intense storms over parts of the New South Wales north coast over the weekend have caused flash flooding and damaged farmland.
Topics: floods, sugar, livestock, rural, weather, rainfall, woodburn-2472, kempsey-2440, urunga-2455
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Queensland farmers lose confidence as tough season and easing prices bite
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Poor seasonal conditions and easing commodity prices are credited with causing a sharp decline in the confidence of Queensland farmers.
Topics: rural, drought, cotton, grain, wheat, sugar, bundaberg-4670, gympie-4570, toowoomba-4350, maryborough-4650
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Innisfail banana and sugar cane farm image
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Topics: bananas, sugar, agricultural-crops, innisfail-4860
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Patchy monsoon rain delivers mixed fortunes for farmers
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With just weeks until north Queensland's wet season draws to a close, farmers report results as diverse as the rainfall.
Topics: weather, bananas, sugar, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, agricultural-prices, crop-harvesting, innisfail-4860, charters-towers-4820, mareeba-4880, cairns-4870, townsville-4810
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Billion dollar farmland sale to foreign investor on the cards if cane land rezoned
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The sale of Gold Coast cane farms could could carry the biggest price tag of any Australian land deal to a foreign investor.
Topics: rural, urban-development-and-planning, sugar, agricultural-crops, business-economics-and-finance, mackay-4740
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Farmers are ploughing in crops to conserve moisture Audio
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Peanut grower Gary Seabrook says he ploughed in his early corn plant to conserve moisture as the dry continues.
Topics: rural, pasture, weather, irrigation, grain, crop-harvesting, beef-cattle, sugar, drought, bundaberg-4670
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The Bundaberg region has been drought declared Audio
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Canegrowers have welcomed the drought declaration of the Bundaberg region.
Topics: rural, pasture, grain, crop-harvesting, beef-cattle, sugar, drought, bundaberg-4670
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Cattle seek water in an empty dam in Childers image
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Topics: rural, crop-harvesting, beef-cattle, sugar, drought, childers-4660
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Queensland region drought-declared as wait for rain continues
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The Bundaberg region in Queensland has been drought-declared after suffering through its hottest summer since 1897.
Topics: rural, pasture, weather, irrigation, grain, crop-harvesting, beef-cattle, sugar, drought, bundaberg-4670, gayndah-4625, childers-4660, maryborough-4650
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Board members sacked from embattled Queensland Sugar Limited
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Embattled sugar marketer Queensland Sugar Limited has been forced to sack its board of industry directors as its dispute with Australia's largest sugar miller drags on.
Topics: sugar, rural, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, brisbane-4000
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Sugar intervention in Queensland on Federal level not far away: Deputy PM
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The Federal Government says it will "not be very long" until it intervenes in a vitriolic sugar marketing dispute in Queensland if the parties involved cannot reach a solution.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, joyce-barnaby, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000
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Queensland's largest sugar miller won't face arbitration
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Sugar entities Wilmar and Queensland Sugar Limited will not be forced into arbitration after the LNP fails to pass laws in State Parliament to mandate the move.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, activism-and-lobbying, brisbane-4000, qld, australia, mackay-4740
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George Christensen admits to political 'brinksmanship' in sugar stoush
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Rogue Federal Government backbencher George Christensen says he does not regret intervening in an agricultural dispute in Queensland, even though it cost him the position of National Party chief whip.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, one-nation, political-parties, liberal-national-party-queensland, nationals, turnbull-malcolm, joyce-barnaby, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000, mackay-4740
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Sugar dispute prompts sour words in Queensland Parliament as LNP forces debate
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Queensland Parliament will urgently debate an Opposition bill aimed at forcing a long-running sugar industry dispute into arbitration, even though the Government has installed a mediator between the two bodies at the centre of the row.
Topics: state-parliament, sugar, judges-and-legal-profession, brisbane-4000, bundaberg-4670, cairns-4870, mackay-4740, rockhampton-4700, townsville-4810, qld
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Queensland state opposition will today more to force Wilmar and QSL into arbitration Audio
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Deputy opposition leader Deb Frecklington says her party will move to amend the Sugar Industry Act today.
Topics: rural, agricultural-marketing, government-and-politics, sugar, mackay-4740
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Queensland' Opposition vows to force the state's largest sugar miller in arbitration
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The Queensland Opposition has vowed to force the major players in the state's sugar marketing dispute into arbitration, following stalled negotiations.
Topics: rural, government-and-politics, business-economics-and-finance, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, agricultural-crops, state-parliament, sugar, mackay-4740
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Why Queensland's sugar marketing dispute is giving politicians a bitter taste Analysis
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Sugarcane farmers in Queensland concerned about a payment dispute give a not-so-sweet message to Canberra.
Topics: sugar, agricultural-crops, rural, agricultural-prices, agribusiness, brisbane-4000, canberra-2600
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