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COVER STORY 2: Report vindicates farmers over Murray-Darling Basin

Neil EagleApr 24, 20041 min read
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There are those who have been blinded by the continuing rhetoric of many of our State politicians, the official position of the Federal Opposition and…

COVER STORY: Federal inquiry puts brakes on river flow plans

Patrick J. ByrneApr 24, 20041 min read
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Plans to commit an extra 500 gigalitres of water for environmental flows in the Murray River should be postponed, a House of Representatives Committee has…

COVER STORY: Economic underclass behind marriage and fertility decline

Patrick J. ByrneApr 10, 20041 min read
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Despite the apparent prosperity of the 1990s, a growing underclass of single low income males (SLIMS), not in full-time work and lacking the economic resources…

COVER STORY: Has Canberra gone bananas? Has Biosecurity Australia dropped its quarantine standards?

Patrick J. ByrneMar 13, 20041 min read
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Less than two weeks after both the Queensland election and the announcement of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, the Federal Agriculture Department…

COVER STORY: Don’t torch the sugar industry!

Peter WestmoreFeb 28, 20041 min read
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As a middle-sized trading nation which is dependent on its export industries to maintain Australians’ standard of living, blind opposition to international trade agreements is…

COVER STORY: Australia-US free trade agreement: free trade or fair trade?

Colin TeeseFeb 14, 20041 min read
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At the time of writing, the final outcome of the negotiations between the US and Australia was still uncertain; even though the deadline for negotiations…