Australia must lead climate fight: Garnaut
6:25 AM AEST | Australia will suffer more from climate change than any other developed nation and must take the lead in global action to tackle the problem, Professor Ross Garnaut will argue in his report today.
Water trading caps to be relaxed next year
6:48 AM AEST | Water trading caps that Victorian farmers wanted kept in tact are likely to be relaxed within 18 months, but environmental groups are adamant that it won't be enough to revive the health of the Murray River.
Severe rainfall deficiencies persist over much of Australia
3/07/2008 | After Australia's driest May on record, June 2008 brought some relief, especially to northern NSW, southern Queensland and the central Northern Territory, but the same could not be said for parts of South Australia and Victoria.
Vic livestock owner fined $15,000 for animal cruelty
A livestock owner has appeared in the Shepparton Magistrates Court and pleaded guilty to 44 ...

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Pork over a biofuels barrel
9:01 AM AEST | Biofuels is being blamed for the downturn in the American pork industry and expert Dr Dean Boyd warns Australia's biofuels policy could cause more problems for the already embattled pork industry.

VFF supports Brumby on water cap review
3/07/2008 | The Victorian Farmers Federation is supporting Premier John Brumby in his bid to maintain the 4pc threshold limit on permanent trade out of districts within the Southern Murray-Darling Basin.
Gippsland's Darren Chester the future of the Nats
3/07/2008 | The newest Nationals recruit, Darren Chester, has been branded "the future of the party" by its leader Warren Truss, following his emphatic win against Labor and the Liberals in the Gippsland by-election on the weekend.

7:06 AM AEST | Police have formally identified the body of a man found near a jetty in the state's north yesterday, but believe the circumstances surrounding the man's death are not suspicious.

12:00 AM AEST | POLICE say they have foiled plans for devastating bombings in Indonesia by uncovering an international terrorist cell, arresting 10 men and seizing more than 20 bombs in South Sumatra.
Labor be warned, voter volatility ahead
30/06/2008 | A series of polls conducted around the country last week have pointed to dangerous times ahead for Labor's grip on power in all States and Territories.
Q: Do you trust the Greens to handle the Senate balance of power responsibly?





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