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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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  1. What social insects can teach us about resilient infrastructure
  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
  5. Election explainer: why are there 150 lower house MPs and 76 senators?
  6. Business Briefing: manipulating the BBSW
  7. Is your artwork genuine and who can you trust to advise you?
  8. Child-free: why women who choose not to have kids are given such a hard time
  9. Australia's volcanic history is a lot more recent than you think
  10. Morrison and Cormann caught out on black hole but money still risky ground for Shorten
  11. Television agreement a WIN for Network Ten
  12. Ground the banks until they learn to behave?
  13. Here's looking at: Cindy Sherman 'Head Shots'
  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
  18. '30-minute city'? Not in my backyard! Smart Cities Plan must let people have their say
  19. Microfinance could wind up being the new subprime
  20. Huge solar storms may be key to life on Earth
  21. How diversity and change has made the Australian family stronger than ever
  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
  25. Will Zika virus cast a shadow over the Rio Olympics?
  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?
  34. Election 2016: do we need to re-establish a department of climate change?
  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
  45. Newspoll shows Labor ahead, Shorten and Turnbull level pegging in net satisfaction
  46. Guide to the classics: The Histories, by Herodotus
  47. We need to better detect depression but that shouldn't mean more medication
  48. Delay in getting driving licences opens door to more sustainable travel
  49. Eat locals: swapping sheep and cows for kangaroos and camels could help our environment
  50. The science issues this election are as old as the Australian media

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