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Undocumented workers of varied south-east Asian ethnicity pick table grapes on a farm outside of Mildura. The pandemic has seen their ability to earn wages soar as closed borders and the departure of foreign fruit pickers pushed the price of labour increasingly higher. Picture: Robert Klarich / The Australian

To feed world, fix home paddock first

Our farmers can feed the world, PM. But first they need help to overcome repeated flooding, spiralling prices for fuel and fertiliser and disease of the worst kind arriving on our shores.

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Nufarm’s insecticides plant has fallen victim to systemic risks of uncompetitiveness that government must address. Picture: Yuri Kouzmin

Identify priorities to speed recovery

As Australia dares to contemplate better times ahead, agriculture is ready to put its foot down and accelerate a return to economic prosperity.

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Gambling, streaming buck downward trend

Social distancing has fuelled an online gambling and Netflix binge amid a massive plunge in household spending, a NAB survey says.

EconomyEconomics

Jockey Lewis German rides Sagarra to victory in race 8, the Ladbrokes Handicap, during Midweek Races at Sandown Racecourse in Melbourne, Wednesday, April 29, 2020. (AAP Image/Supplied by Pat Scala, Racing Photos) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Locked down punters take the big plunge

A lack of sport has not stopped locked-down punters fuelling a massive jump in online gambling, even as overall consumer spending tumbles, new data shows.

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1/05/2019: Generic picture of Murray River in Tocumwal, NSW. Hollie Adams/The Australian

ABC’s steady trickle of fibs

Four Corners offered a distorted picture of Murray- Darling Basin Plan challenges.

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Activities inside a Glasshouse Country Farm facility at Beerburrum protesting what they claim is animal mistreatment.

Stop extremist onslaught

Terrorising farmers says a lot about extremists and the pursuit of their radical beliefs.

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