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Dairy farmers get $555 million in concessional loans

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

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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  2. Good political slogans and this year's, meh, yawn, failings
  3. Murray Goulburn saga has roots in deregulation
  4. Dairy farmers are being 'milked dry', but let's remember the real cost of milk
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  6. Business Briefing: manipulating the BBSW
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  12. Ground the banks until they learn to behave?
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  14. We must do more to help people with intellectual impairments stay out of prison
  15. The Man Who Knew Infinity: inspiration, rigour and the art of mathematics
  16. Nova Peris quits parliament after single term
  17. Walking challenges aren't doing you much good if you're swapping running for walking
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  22. How we live now: Australian families at a glance
  23. Fighting income inequality: the role business can play
  24. 'Mummy, where does steak come from?' How Australian families talk about meat
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  26. How our modular brain pieces the world together
  27. What is the Coalition’s real agenda for Australian schools?
  28. A guide to using drones to study wildlife: first, do no harm
  29. The Liberals may have miscalculated Turnbull's electoral appeal
  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
  38. Why has climate change disappeared from the Australian election radar?
  39. Coastal law shift from property rights to climate adaptation is a landmark reform
  40. Angry Birds at the cinema: the uses and abuses of mobile phones
  41. Election podcast: Sam Dastyari on the 'Bill Bus'
  42. Architecture is a performed art – and the Eames House is a pretty good show
  43. Move over suburbia, Green Square offers new norm for urban living
  44. The off-topic Conversation #94
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  46. Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus
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  49. Eat locals: swapping sheep and cows for kangaroos and camels could help our environment
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