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AWI elections: Chairman's ticket rejected, only van Rooyen survives

AWI elections: Where to now for mulesing?

6:41 PM AEST | The wool industry's commitment to phase out the controversial practice of mulesing by 2010 is now under serious question following the cleanout of four incumbent directors from the board of AWI. | High noon at AWI | Disunity, infighting holding ...

Fertiliser prices three times what they should be: AgForce

11:20 AM AEST | Plunging commodity prices are not being mirrored by falls in one of farming's most important input costs, namely fertiliser. | Mayors cashed up with orders to ... | Rush on as farmers buy up headers

How Australia made movie stars out of ordinary bush people

2:40 PM AEST | Last night saw the premiere of the biggest Australian movie ever made, Australia, marking a special moment for hundreds of ordinary rural Australians who scored roles as extras, including North Queensland Register editor Ashley Walmsley. |

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Industry gets tough on animal welfare

Rain delivers but threatens northern harvest

AWB posts $64.3 million profit

Reserve set to cut rates again

Mayors cashed up with orders to spend now

Labor plan threatens national IR system: NFF

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Multimedia

SLIDESHOW: Housing shortage hits rural industry

2:16 PM AEST | Primary producers and processing businesses aren't just competing for staff with the mining industry, they are competing for housing as well.

VIDEO: Relay crops pass water baton

VIDEO: Australia's movie stars sold in the cattle yards

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State News

BHP stands by the North

9:43 AM AEST | A mining giant has reassured North West Queensland communities within its influence that it won’t be pulling out funding.

Burdekin growers take six steps to better nutrient practices

18/11/2008 | BSES Limited continued its Six Easy Steps best practice nutrient management workshops in the Burdekin recently with well attended meetings at Home Hill, Millaroo and Clare.

Investors take a fancy to CSR stock offering

Dairy saves bones during weight loss

Believe it or not, progress is being made on Doha

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Metro & Regional

Father, sons die in wharf tragedy

3:42 PM AEST | TWO children and a man have died and another man is in a critical condition after a five-year-old boy is thought to have accidentally pushed the pram of his three-year-old brother into the water on the South Coast. | AUDIO: Father, sons die in wharf tragedy

Y worry? Younger shoppers to splurge

Company fails to deliver on price in ads

Lawyers defend 'innocent events'

Art? Council knows what it doesn't like

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World News

US car makers turn to beggars in Washington

12:00 AM AEST | Executives from the big three American car companies - General Motors, Ford and Chrysler - will make a direct plea to Congress today for a multibillion-dollar lifeline, warning that bankruptcy and lay-offs of hundreds of thousands loom without government help.

Bill may have to give up for Hillary to get on

Kashmiris turn out to vote

Two for one: Hillary as secretary of state

Cold case: world's oldest family identified

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Blogs

Conservation cows out to change ag's image

13/11/2008 | Cattle are getting a bad rap these days, so it's refreshing to see Britain's venerable National Trust getting into the business of "conservation cows".

Carbon: the next big farm commodity?

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