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Dairy farmers get $555 million in concessional loans

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Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce has announced a package of concessional loans and facilitation of access to assistance for the beleaguered dairy industry.

The government will make available immediately A$55 million in concessional loans for Murray Goulburn and Fonterra suppliers, and access to $500 million of such loans over 2016-17 and 2017-18....

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Party slogans run the risk of being undermined during the campaign

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Perceptions about the two major political parties are well entrenched in the electorate psyche. The Liberal/National Coalition is consistently seen in the polls as “better economic managers”, while the ALP is consistently seen as “better to manage education and health”.

Not surprisingly, their campaign slogans hope to cement...

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VIDEO: The five greatest Scorsese scenes – episode #1

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imageHarvey Keitel as J.R. in Martin Scorsese's first film Who's That Knocking at My Door?Still from Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967)

Martin Scorsese is widely considered to be one of the best living film directors. As a major retrospective of his work opens at ACMI, film scholar Bruce Isaacs dissects five classic Scorsese scenes.

Today, in episode...

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  15. The Man Who Knew Infinity: inspiration, rigour and the art of mathematics
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  23. Fighting income inequality: the role business can play
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  30. Slight movement to Labor as Shorten's ratings improve
  31. Frozen out: why the GP rebate freeze should matter to you.
  32. Health Check: how much sugar is it OK to eat?
  33. Explainer: what is the Office for Learning and Teaching – and why does it matter?
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  35. Politicians trashing immigrants and refugees are the real danger to social cohesion
  36. Myer and eBay's virtual reality shopping turns looking into seeing
  37. Hide your location on Twitter? We can still find you and that's not a bad thing in an emergency
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  39. Coastal law shift from property rights to climate adaptation is a landmark reform
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  41. Election podcast: Sam Dastyari on the 'Bill Bus'
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