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Indigenous recognition touted for new electoral map

Tasmania is the sole state without an electorate named after an Aboriginal person or place but many are hoping to change that.

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Pressure over fuel, fertiliser as refinery burns

Fertiliser, fuel and a refinery fire at home are causing concern amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

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Agriculture hits $100b, but what goes up must come down

Australia's agriculture sector has hit a $100 billion target four years early, but values are set to fall amid trade tensions and a hot, dry start to summer.

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Push to ramp-up fire ant battle as new nest found

Fire ants are hampering agriculture, tourism and even kids' sport, with calls for more federal funding to control the spread of one of the world's worst pests.

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Chief given $900k payout after shaking up department

Senior bureaucrats and a minister refuse to say why a department chief left with a $900,000 payout under questioning in parliamentary hearings.

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'Not the cow, the how': calls to overhaul food system

Look around any supermarket and fresh produce appears abundant but new food security strategy plans reveal friction between health, nature and economics.

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Farming export success sows seeds of growth goal reset

A $100 billion target is expected to be met by Australian agriculture, but whether it remains the best goal has been questioned at a farming conference.

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Nature fixes 'futile' if government keeps enabling harm

Ministers agree Australia's "broken" environment system needs fixing but land managers criticise continued funding of damaging projects.

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Scientists to research bird flu on Antarctic islands

Australian researchers will set sail to study if bird flu has reached remote Antarctic islands as part of the largest expedition to the region in 20 years.

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Record forecast set for Australian production

Drought has not stopped forecasters from predicting record agriculture, fisheries and forestry production, with the value set to surpass $100 billion.

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Australia lifts US beef restrictions slammed by Trump

Canberra says restrictions will be lifted following a ‘rigorous science and risk-based assessment’.

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Australia to reduce US beef import restrictions denounced by Trump as a ban

Australia plans to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports

The Independent UK

Federal Labor ministers at odds over contentious NT gas pipeline decision, internal document shows

Exclusive: Agriculture minister Julie Collins and Indigenous affairs minister Malarndirri McCarthy expressed concern over Sturt Plateau pipeline’s construction

The Guardian - AU

State of the states: 6 experts on how the election unfolded across the country

While counting continues nationally, the federal election result is definitive: a pro-Labor landslide and an opposition leader voted out.

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State of the states: the campaign is almost over, so how has it played out across Australia?

While many Australians have already voted at pre-poll stations and by post, the politicking continues right up until May 3.

The Guardian - AU

Status quo or a salmon revolution? Anything could happen in Tasmania’s five crucial seats

Labor and the Liberals each hold one seat by a tiny margin and one more comfortably. But none is a sure thing – and a long-shot independent is aiming for a huge upset

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Food supply at risk as growers look to greener pastures

Many vegetable growers ponder quitting as production costs rise and farmgate prices remain paltry, with the industry warning an exodus would risk food supply.

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Cautious relief after nation wipes out bird flu strain

Farmers are cautiously relieved with the announcement a strain of bird flu has been eradicated in Australia, as they begin to rebuild the devastated industry.

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Strengthening wildlife numbers key to mitigate bird flu

The Invasive Species Council wants better bird protections to mitigate the impact of a deadly bird flu strain as Australia war games how to contain an outbreak.

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Plum market as trade deal reached with Vietnam

Producers have welcomed the reopening of the Vietnamese market to Aussie plums with a two-way agreement to include Vietnamese passionfruit imports to Australia.

The Guardian - AU

Point-to-point speed camera trial coming to NSW – as it happened

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Southern lights: Australians dazzled by spectacular aurora australis after powerful solar storm

There may be even more spectacular aurora australis tonight

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PM welcomes new ministry as he sharpens election pitch

As Anthony Albanese's new cabinet sits for the first time, he says going two years into the first term without a reshuffle is a testament to stability.

The Guardian - AU

Albanese clears out entire home affairs ministry in election-ready cabinet reshuffle

Clare O’Neil and Andrew Giles axed as Tony Burke steps into home affairs role and also takes on role of immigration minister

The Guardian - AU

Labor’s build-to-rent bill knocked back in Senate as Coalition and Greens team up

Greens want 100% of build-to-rent properties to be affordable and Coalition says bill would just ‘give foreign fund managers a tax cut’

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