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<description><![CDATA[The latest from Stock & Land]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Draft plan for MDB unacceptable: VFF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has warned Murray Darling Basin boss Craig Knowles that irrigation communities have not “accepted” the draft basin plan.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Baillieu risks Lib ire by opting out of poll]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Alpine grazing rejected]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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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<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Labor MP resigns after coma scare]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Accusations of deceit fly from local rep groups]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Continued funding for ag critical: NFF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[THE NFF has released its 2012 Federal Budget Submission, calling on the Government to secure funding for key agricultural programs for the coming year.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Liberals close door on green wedges advocate]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[State fails to meet fire goal]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Minister sued for farmland zoning backflip]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Strengthen response to foreign investment: VFF]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Walsh welcomes WCB, Coles partnership]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Solar rewards under review]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Planning minister 'ignored documents']]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:17:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[2012 all about recognition for farmers]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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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<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bushfire blackout scheme for high risk days]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 22:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Power shift sees minister lose key responsibilities]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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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<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Logging stoush heads to court]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NSW and Victoria to join on reforms]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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