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Draft plan for MDB unacceptable: VFF

10 Feb 12 | THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has warned Murray Darling Basin boss Craig Knowles that irrigation communities have not “accepted” the draft basin plan.

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Baillieu risks Lib ire by opting out of poll

01 Feb 12 | PREMIER Ted Baillieu is set to run foul of his party by arguing against running a Liberal candidate in the Niddrie byelection despite widespread rank-and-file support for the idea.

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Alpine grazing rejected

31 Jan 12 | THE Victorian government has lost its fight to let high country graziers back into the Alpine National Park, with federal Environment Minister Tony Burke announcing today that the application had been rejected. |

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Labor MP resigns after coma scare

27 Jan 12 | Deputy Opposition Leader Rob Hulls is resigning after more than 15 years in State Parliament, paving the way for a by-election is his north-western seat of Niddrie.

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Accusations of deceit fly from local rep groups

27 Jan 12 | THE Citizens Electoral Council of Australia has accused the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and Federal Water Minister Tony Burke of holding closed door meetings throughout the basin to “coerce” communities to accept their plan for the Murray.

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Continued funding for ag critical: NFF

26 Jan 12 | THE NFF has released its 2012 Federal Budget Submission, calling on the Government to secure funding for key agricultural programs for the coming year.

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Liberals close door on green wedges advocate

24 Jan 12 | TREVOR Dance is a successful businessman and big believer in small government, which would seem to make him an ideal rank-and-file member of the modern Liberal Party.

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State fails to meet fire goal

23 Jan 12 | DOZENS of Victorian suburbs and towns remain overexposed to extreme bushfire risk this season because the Baillieu government failed to meet its targets to reduce fuel loads around the state's most vulnerable communities. | Water bombers help rein-in ... | Snow ahead for the alps

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Minister sued for farmland zoning backflip

20 Jan 12 | VICTORIAN Planning Minister Matthew Guy is being sued over claims he failed to follow proper planning processes and succumbed to backroom pressure from Liberal heavyweights when he backflipped over a contentious rezoning of Phillip Island farmland last year.

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Strengthen response to foreign investment: VFF

20 Jan 12 | THE ABARES report released this week on foreign investment in agriculture highlights the need for greater scrutiny of foreign investment in Australian agricultural land and water, says the Victorian Farmers' Federation.

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Walsh welcomes WCB, Coles partnership

19 Jan 12 | MINISTER for Agriculture and Food Security Peter Walsh has welcomed a partnership between Coles and Warrnambool Cheese and Butter that will see about 35 new jobs created in regional Victoria.

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Solar rewards under review

13 Jan 12 | THE Baillieu government is set to order a review of incentives for rooftop solar panels, asking the state's top competition body to make recommendations on whether to phase out or change them.

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Planning minister 'ignored documents'

12 Jan 12 | CONTROVERSY around the Baillieu government's bungled planning intervention at Phillip Island has been reignited by documents that reveal Planning Minister Matthew Guy ignored warnings that rezoning farmland was unnecessary for housing supply and could be environmentally damaging.

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2012 all about recognition for farmers

09 Jan 12 | MINISTER for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig, and Parliamentary Secretary for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sid Sidebottom, have welcomed 2012 - the Australian Year of the Farmer - as an opportunity for all Australians to celebrate the significant contribution which farmers make to the country.

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Bushfire blackout scheme for high risk days

30 Dec 11 | ELECTRICITY companies that supply Victoria's most bushfire-prone regions will be forced to install remote-controlled safety devices that can cut off power on extreme fire risk days, under a $500 million plan released by the Baillieu government.

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Power shift sees minister lose key responsibilities

30 Dec 11 | VICTORIAN Environment Minister Ryan Smith has lost several key responsibilities involving logging and hunting, capping off a tumultuous year for the Liberal MP. |

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Logging stoush heads to court

15 Dec 11 | VICTORIA'S newly empowered state-owned timber agency is facing a legal writ over claims it is illegally logging protected stands of rainforest in the state's far east.

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NSW and Victoria to join on reforms

15 Dec 11 | THE state government has formed an alliance with Coalition colleagues in New South Wales in a bid to avoid the ''limitations'' of the federal reform process, promising to work together to deliver co-ordinated tax reform, slash environmental regulation and cut business red tape.

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Timber gets long-term commitment

14 Dec 11 | THE government has moved to guarantee the long-term future of Victoria's timber industry, ending decades of protection of native forests from logging.

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Small towns 'will rot' with basin plan

14 Dec 11 | SMALL towns in northern Victoria could be turned into ''welfare basket cases'' by the Murray-Darling Basin plan, with the loss of irrigation water causing business closures, job losses and a reduced need for services, a community meeting in Shepparton was told yesterday. |

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