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Mike Foley

National rural reporter

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Farmers to get paid for public benefits from their land

Farmers to get paid for public benefits from their land

Littleproud launches a $30m trial of an environment stewardship fund to pay landholders for biodiversity benefits and carbon capture.

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Is green bank's $100m corporate ag play new money for old rope?

Is green bank's $100m corporate ag play new money for old rope?

Clean Energy Finance Corporation under scrutiny for its equity stake in Macquarie Bank's cropping enterprise.

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Water woes could wash away politics as we know it

Water woes could wash away politics as we know it

New political paradigm as anger at water reforms boils over

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Sweet Inland Rail freight savings for hort, processed foods

Sweet Inland Rail freight savings for hort, processed foods

CSIRO expects freight rates to fall $76 a tonne for road journeys that make the switch to Inland Rail.

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Mobile blackspot program lives on with $160m for two more rounds

Mobile blackspot program lives on with $160m for two more rounds

Federal government extends co-funding of new mobile towers, targeting public sites.

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New visas to send more skilled workers to regions for longer

New visas to send more skilled workers to regions for longer

Morrison government reveals policy to ease pressure on cities and lure workers to regional communities.

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Mobile blackspot program round four to build 180 new towers

Mobile blackspot program round four to build 180 new towers

With round four building of new mobile towers announced today, funding for the $220m Mobile Blackspot Program has been exhausted.

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Dairy farmers to have more bargaining power under new rules

Dairy farmers to have more bargaining power under new rules

Federal government endorses a plan for a mandatory code of conduct to tackle the power imbalance in the dairy industry.

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Pollies stir the pot on milk floor price

Pollies stir the pot on milk floor price

Major parties accuse each other of risking dairy industry's future in their election campaign pitches

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MDBA regional job relocation push wraps up in QLD

MDBA regional job relocation push wraps up in QLD

Another 14 jobs to move into Goondiwindi as federal government sends 100 jobs to regional centres across the Murray Darling Basin

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