The dry of the land

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The concept of "exceptional circumstances" was introduced so that farmers and rural businesses in Australia could expect support in the form of interest-rate subsidies and a welfare component or relief payment. Further reports states that farmers on the margins of the areas facing exceptional circumstances sometimes are excluded from support when their situation is arguably indistinguishable from that of their neighbors.

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Markets to the slaughter

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Concerns over new American tariffs and quotas on Australia's lamb export trade are expressed. Issues discussed include the state of Australia's wool industry, and the possibility of lamb meat flooding the Australian domestic market as a result of American protectionism.

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Broken land

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Issues are presented concerning the rising levels of salinity on agricultural farmland. The environmental damage caused by the rising salinity and the measures which need to be taken to combat it are discussed.

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