Kath Sullivan
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Rural stuff for the ABC, based at Parliament House. Views are mine and yada, yada, yada.
Joined September 2009
Have you ever shopped at the supermarket? The @acccgovau wants to hear from you. https://t.co/3Ztpa3olAP
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Plenty of Australian exporters still in the cold, as China's diplomatic freeze lags - ABC News by @KathSully
abc.net.au
Australia hopes China will soon drop tariffs on its wine, but the trade war continues to wreak havoc.
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Government secures numbers to pass Murray-Darling Basin legislation, pave way for more water buybacks.
abc.net.au
The Commonwealth will have a green light to enter the water market and buy irrigation water from farmers to boost the environment, with the Albanese government securing the numbers to re-write the...
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BREAKING Australia, Tuvalu sign new treaty which could reshape Australia’s ties with small Pacific island states. Citizens from Tuvalu can gradually resettle in Australia via a visa stream- 280 a year. Australia has effective veto power over Tuvalu’s security arrangements
Looks like it’s happening. Joint presser set up with flags of Tuvalu and Australia here in Rarotonga. We don’t know the details yet. More to come soon. This could be truly seismic
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A fitting full house for @afsnsw’s address to the @PressClubAust as @NationalFarmers President after almost 7 years at the helm of agriculture’s national peak body.
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The National Farmers' Federation says Australia's proposed trade deal with Europe is a 'dud', and if the government signs up it will send the ag sector backwards.
abc.net.au
Farmers' groups say a proposed trade deal with the European Union would send some commodities backwards and is a bad deal for "every sector of Australian agriculture".
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"Farmers who were on the brink of leaving the industry are now receiving record prices for their milk, and the workers who help turn that milk into a consumer item are now asking for a bigger share too." @Warwick_Long
https://t.co/r2bEcbV0EK
abc.net.au
Surging supermarket prices tell the story of why a wide range of dairy industry workers have mounted coordinated strike action this week. So where are these dairy profits going?
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Tickets now available for outgoing @NationalFarmers president Fiona Simson's address to the National Rural Press Club in Canberra on October 24 https://t.co/7MSQjvET1Z
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Australian farmers are destocking, feeding and downgrading crops as the country dries out.
abc.net.au
El Niño is back and drought is on the doorstep. Some farmers have been feeding livestock for months. Here's what it might mean for the economy and food prices.
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The National Mutton Indicator falls below 100c for the first time since 2007 according to @meatlivestock In WA it's down to 77c 🐏🔻
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Almost 4 years to the day since this was published, and I'm not really any clearer on Australia's drought policy. At the risk of triggering @AnnaVidot - has anyone got any ideas? https://t.co/kpTlhHGthS
abc.net.au
If Morrison had a message for farmers, announcing it on a Friday afternoon amid football finals, school holidays and long weekends is not how you'd typically deliver it, writes Kath Sullivan.
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The National Rural Press Club awards are now open - for those journalists and photographers covering national policies relating to rural and regional Australia - apply!
nationalruralpressclub.org
The National Rural Press Club brings together people and organisations who support a stronger and more sustainable future for rural and regional Australia.
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Australians can't rely on the defence force - need alternative assistance when fighting fires, floods and pandemics says federal government
abc.net.au
Agreeing that Australia must be able to respond to disasters without leaning on the Australian Defence Force, the government begins consulting on a new way to manage floods and fires.
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CSIRO says meat industry will miss its 2030 carbon neutral target
abc.net.au
The red meat industry concedes it could fall short of its ambitious target, but insists it still has seven years and a solid plan to get there.
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Bushfire recovery program - recycling fallen timber - is running out of funding.
abc.net.au
Funding is drying up for the East Gippsland Timber Milling project, with more than 180 property owners still hoping to tap in and salvage their old timber before it deteriorates.
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The Diamonds have "finished business" at the Netball World Cup, reclaiming the last piece of silverware missing from their trophy cabinet to clinch their 12th title.
abc.net.au
The Diamonds reclaim the last piece of silverware missing from their trophy cabinet by clinching their 12th Netball World Cup title.
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Latest 3 minute take on Russia not resigning the grain corridor https://t.co/NVdnoJsZNx
#agchatoz
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Russia withdraws from Black Sea Grain Initiative with Ukraine, wants changes to MOU with UN
abc.net.au
The UN-brokered initiative helped export more than 32 million tonnes of food from Ukraine, but Russia has withdrawn support until its own demands for expanded food and fertiliser exports are met.
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The pesticides authority CEO and board chair resign, after a review triggered by allegations one of the agency's workers urinated on his colleagues.
abc.net.au
The pesticides authority CEO and board chair resign, after a review triggered by allegations one of the agency's workers urinated on his colleagues.
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