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		<title>Agmates Community Site Server is Down till 6.15pm</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2010/02/06/agmates-community-site-server-is-down-till-6-15pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2010/02/06/agmates-community-site-server-is-down-till-6-15pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[G&#8217;day Agmates,
In case you have managed to get over here &#8211; the Community site is on another server and has just gone down &#8211; It&#8217;s 4.15pm and they are working on getting it back up. It will be at least 2 hours.
Cheers Steve
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s Copenhagen Commitment Shaken By Hunger Striking &#8216;Victim of Global Warming&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/12/08/australias-copenhagen-commitment-shaken-by-hunger-striking-victim-of-global-warming/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/12/08/australias-copenhagen-commitment-shaken-by-hunger-striking-victim-of-global-warming/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farmer Hunger Strike]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7279</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian farmer Peter Spencer is in the 16th day of a hunger strike. He is sitting on a 2 metre platform high up on a 300 foot pole on his farm.
Australia&#8217;s King of Talk back radio Alan Jones interview Peter by mobile phone this morning. Click the image to go to the 2GB site and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australian families lives destroyed by Global Warming Gov&#8217;t Policy</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/12/08/australian-families-lives-destroyed-by-global-warming-govt-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/12/08/australian-families-lives-destroyed-by-global-warming-govt-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:35:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Farmer Hunger Strike]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Deception, lies and deceit in hand with the denial of Australian citizens Constitutional Rights and basic Human Rights by the Australian Commonwealth Government and all levels of Government has lead to New South Wales farmer Peter Spencer, taking his plea to the streets.
Peter has tried every avenue to have his concerns addressed by Government and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rural Press V&#8217;s The Agmates Community</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/11/06/rural-press-vs-the-agmates-community/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/11/06/rural-press-vs-the-agmates-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:33:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barnaby Joyce]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7258</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Agmates member Sue for bringing this to our attention. It is a curious Rural Press article and I love the way they describe OUR Agmates Community as a &#8220;niche online chat forum&#8220;

&#8220;Angry comments that were confined to a niche online chat forum less than 10 days ago have now spilled onto the mainstream [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alan Jones 2GB Invertviews &#8211; Monckton &amp; Lindzen</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/30/alan-jones-2gb-invertviews-monckton-lindzen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/30/alan-jones-2gb-invertviews-monckton-lindzen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 06:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Alan Jones of radio 2GB Sydney has conducted two very good interviews this week. The first was with Lord Christopher Monckton on Monday and the second was with Professor Richard Lindzen.
Click on the player to listen to the interview.

.

Please email this article to everybody on your contact list.
END
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		<title>National Farmers Federation &#8211; The Voice Of Agricultures Elite</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/24/national-farmers-federation-the-voice-of-agricultures-elite/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/24/national-farmers-federation-the-voice-of-agricultures-elite/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 09:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darren Halpin]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When the  National Farmers Federation was formed in 1979 it was the first time in the history of Australian Agriculture that Australia had a single peak farm lobby group.
Its useful to look at a brief history of farm organizations in Australia.
From the Book Surviving Global Change &#8211; Agriculture Interest Groups in Comparative Perspective by Professor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The NFF and SFO&#8217;s are one and the Same</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/23/the-nff-and-sfos-are-one-and-the-same/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/23/the-nff-and-sfos-are-one-and-the-same/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:34:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AgForce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Crombie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Farmers Federation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NSW Farmers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7226</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Further expanding on my post The National Farmers Federation Revealed :

The office bearers of the NFF and the Commodity Councils are the delegates appointed by the the State Farming Organizations from the State Farming Organizations. &#8230;.. the office bearers are SFO delegates and the NFF is fully funded by the SFO&#8217;s.
So as a farmer if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Banks Closing in on Australian Farmers</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/22/banks-closing-in-on-australian-farmers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/22/banks-closing-in-on-australian-farmers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agmates Help]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Botolph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[farm Debt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks Behaving Badly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Banks Foreclosing on farmers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dealing With Banks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debt Mediation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Debt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7220</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an urgent alert to every Australian farmer who has farm debt. The source of this information is our Agmates member St Botolph, who for professional reasons writes for Agmates on the guarantee of anonymity. The information  has been checked, verified and posted by Agmates Editor Steve Truman.
Right now across Australia as a result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Farmers Federation Revealed</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/20/the-national-farmers-federation-revealed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/20/the-national-farmers-federation-revealed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Truman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CC's]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=7218</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today there has been great anger express among Australian farmers directed at the Australian Peak Farming lobby group, the National Farmers Federation (NFF) over its stand on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
To ensure that this anger is channeled in the right direction it is important to think clearly about who and what the National Farmers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Premier Puts Heat On Liberals Ahead of ETS Vote</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/13/movie-premier-puts-heat-on-liberals-ahead-of-ets-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2009/10/13/movie-premier-puts-heat-on-liberals-ahead-of-ets-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ETS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ann McElhinney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Not Evil Just Wrong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday, 18 October, thousands of Australians will participate in a world-record breaking international premiere of Not Evil Just Wrong: The True Cost of Global Warming Hysteria. 
Not Evil Just Wrong, a feature length documentary, shreds the outlandish claims made by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and shows how extreme environmentalism damages the lives of [...]]]></description>
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