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Senator Fiona Nash

Food Production

Australia produces some of the most delicious and nutritious food in the world but has to maintain its ability to feed itself and others. Prime agricultural land must be preserved for growing food and fibres.

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November

Bid to stop food label changes

From Weekly Times Now, David McKenzie,   FOOD processors are opposing a push by Opposition Senators to strengthen country-of-origin labelling laws.   Peak grocery and beverage bodies and leading processors say food companies would face constant label changes and higher costs i... ...more

Bid to stop food label changes
 

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October

Caroona fight with BHP starts in Land Court

From The Land, By Clancy Yeates A GROUP of irate farmers has launched a legal challenge against BHP Billiton in to bid to stop the company from developing coalfields in the state's north-west.    Landowners and residents from the Liverpool Plains, near Tamworth, sought to overturn a B... ...more

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September

Spare me the quarantine spin

From The Land Spare me the quarantine spin By Lucy Knight A FEW months ago, the Government had committed money towards reforms at the Australian Quarantine and Inspection service to streamline the export certification process and deliver greater efficiency with new online technologies and l... ...more

Spare me the quarantine spin
 

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September

Crean denies gagging public servants

By Sabra Lane for AM The Federal Government has denied gagging public servants in its trade agency after a submission critical of official policy disappeared from a parliamentary website. Trade and development agency Austrade had warned that plans to charge companies for quarantine inspections cou... ...more

Crean denies gagging public servants
 

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