Country Today

Country Today - October 14th


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Farmers are applauding the decision by the federal government to revise its proposed super tax, which would have had serious unintended consequences for thousands of family who hold property in Self-Managed Super Funds.

What’s goes up, must come down. And that’s what’s happened to rural land values, National transactions now at a record low?

The US government shutdown has brought critical USDA reports to a halt, increasing the existing strains on the agriculture sector in America. So just how problematic is this for Australian farmers?

Australia is predicted to produce a record lentil crop this year, but there’s a global glut and lentil prices have dropped by about a third from the high of more than $900 a year ago, to around $600 a tonne.

Victoria's councils have joined forces to demand the State Government withdraw to the Emergency Services Volunteer Fund.

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