Agriculture
Farmers’ Federation rates political parties
The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) will issue a new Report Card on the major political parties’ agricultural policies for the......
Fair food week: who made your lunch, really?
This week is Australia’s first Fair Food Week, a week dedicated to the promotion and celebration of locally produced Australian......
A frozen vault protects global crop diversity
Svalbard Global Seed Vault is a doomsday seed vault on a Norwegian island, about 1300 kilometres from the North Pole.......
Are cuts to native title funding a burden on farmers?
Cuts to native title funding for defendants will threaten the efficiency and equality of native title claims, say farmers and......
CSG regulation in NSW ‘broken’: environmentalists, farmers
Farmers and environmental campaigners have slammed regulation of the coal seam gas industry in New South Wales as ‘broken’ and......
First national fisheries snapshot sets a low bar, says scientist
The first national snapshot of the state of our fish stocks was released today. Many scientists have welcomed the attempt......
Murray Darling Plan cops a spray from water groups
Environment Minister Tony Burke has finally signed up to the Murray Darling Basin Plan, but water groups at the crucial......
Murray Darling Basin Plan fails to placate farmers or environmentalists
It’s been described as an historic day for Australia by Environment Minister Tony Burke, but neither farmers nor environment groups......
Foreign owned land list just the beginning of farm ownership debate
Julia Gillard today announced that the government would take steps to setup a national register of foreign owned agricultural land.......
GM food in the spotlight again
The labelling of Genetically Modified food has been brought into debate again with California looking to pass Proposition 37. If......