In the news
| Rural issues in the urban spotlight AgForce works hard to keep the issues which affect our members in the urban media spotlight. Here are a selection of stories which appeared in key state and national media during 2009. Click on the headings to view the story. | 
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| Queensland budget 2010-11 Agricultural comment on state budget Courier Mail 9 June 2010 Murray Darling Basin Plan "Murray Basin could run dry" Courier Mail 3 June 2010 Daylight savings "Two timing QLD - countdown to end of time zone survey" Rural Weekly - Southern edition May 28, 2010 QR sale "Farmers pin hopes on more competition" Australian Financial Review 27 May 2010 Seasonal conditions "State gets a soaking" The Courier Mail 2 February 2010, p4-5 "Liquid gold" The Courier Mail 9-10 January 2010, p55-56 "Boom time" The Courier Mail 6 January 2010, p1-4 "Holiday detours for soggy summer days" The Courier Mail 29 December 2009, p7 "Big dry set to return" The Courier Mail 28 August 2009, p10 Resource management "Contamination rage awaits Bligh" (3.16 Mb) and "Hostility builds to bursting" (3.16 Mb) Sunday Mail July 25, p5, 48-49. "Getting wild where the rivers run" Weekend Australian January 16-17, p11 "Wild rivers plan extension accepted without trouble so far" The Australian January 10, 2010, p5 "Farmer vexation sown by chemical curbs" The Weekend Australian, October 10-11, 2009, p5 "Reef woes prompt tough laws on clearing" The Courier Mail September 3, 2009, p21 "Chance for Reef to heal" The Courier Mail June 5, 2009, p31 Vegetation management "New vegetation protection laws for 'bulldozer capital" The Courier Mail October 7, 2009, p17 "AgForce's regrowth submission" ABC Stateline May 15, 2009 "Vegetation maps need clearing up" The Courier Mail May 15, 2009, p15 "The axe falls on tree clearing" The Courier Mail May 12, 2009, p15 "Bitter disappointment" Queensland Country Life April 9, 2009, p1-3 "Ban on clearing could backfire" The Australian April 8, 2009, p8 "Regrowth clearing ban to fell jobs, farmers say" The Courier Mail April 8, 2009, p24 Wild dogs "Wool growers enlist unlikely help against wild dogs" ABC Landline 9 July 2010 "Gone to the dogs" ABC Landline February 14, 2010 "Wild dogs bite rural producers for $67m" The Australian September 29, 2009, p6 "Wild dogs run rampant" The Sunday Mail August 9, 2009, p31 "Wild dog runs 7000km to sate lust for sheep" The Courier Mail April 28, 2009, p12 Transport "Cattle train guaranteed" The Courier Mail August 4, 2009, p14 "Cattle train rattled" The Courier Mail August 3, 2009, p9 Cattle industry "Stock routes won't be sold" The Courier Mail September 3, 2009, p18 "Meaty gains as graziers head to the saleyards" The Australian June 18, 2009, p5 "Beef weed" ABC Stateline April 3, 2009 Animal welfare "Doctor Dolittle" ABC Landline August 23, 2009 Mining "Farm land eaten up by mining" The Courier Mail July 23, 2009, p25 Rural issues "Agricultural activism" ABC Landline June 28, 2009 "Cultivating image" The Courier Mail April 8, 2009, p37 Input costs "Cost fears from fuel subsidy cut" The Courier Mail June 3, 2009, p86 "Petrol subsidy loss to hit jobs" The Courier Mail May 24, 2009, p17 Grains industry "Millions lost in grain pain" The Sunday Mail, April 5, 2009, p34 Queensland State election 2009 "Farmers warn voters land grab threatens food production" The Courier Mail, March 10, 2009, p12 "Figures aided by fat of the land" The Australian March 5, 2009, p5 "Farmers pressure urban voters" The Australian Financial Review March 2, 2009, p2 "The forgotten issues" ABC Stateline March 20, 2009 | 
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