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	<title>Agmates Rural News</title>
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	<description>Rural News and Commentary Written by Rural People-for-Rural People</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Government&#8217;s Climate Change Ads just Blatant Propaganda</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/governments-climate-change-ads-just-blatant-propaganda/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/governments-climate-change-ads-just-blatant-propaganda/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Michelmore]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[David Evans]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NETS]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[South Australian farmer John Michelmore writes:
It is blatantly obvious to many that carbon is not a pollutant, but an integral part of the environment.
Again the government has the cart before the horse. They sign to Kyoto protocol and embark on the introduction of a carbon trading scheme.
They then spend money on a community education scheme [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truckers &#038; Unions Ready to Fight Greedy Big Business &#038; Bad laws</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/truckers-unions-ready-to-fight-greedy-big-business-bad-laws/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/truckers-unions-ready-to-fight-greedy-big-business-bad-laws/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Australian Federal Politics]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Mickel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mick Pattel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tony Sheldon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[TWU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Trucking stouch with the government that has been brewing for weeks is set to ignite into one of the most bitter and protracted disputes that Australia has seen for decades.
Truck drivers, owner drivers and the all powerful Transport Workers Union are lining up against State and federal governments across Australia. The dispute is over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roma Store Cattle Sale Report 22nd July 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/roma-store-cattle-sale-report-22nd-july-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/roma-store-cattle-sale-report-22nd-july-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Roma Store Cattle Report]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cattle Markets]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The yarding was 10,500 head at this weeks Roma store cattle sale. This was up 1,700 head on last week.  The store index fell 1.4 points this week. it has fallen 3.4 points or 3.5% in the last 2 weeks.



Roma Store Cattle
12/12/2006
Last Week
This Week


Market   Index:
100 points.
104. points
102.6 points



Average Steer price Premium
It’s accepted [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dogs and Bears - Video of the day.</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/dogs-and-bears-video-of-the-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/dogs-and-bears-video-of-the-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Video of the day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A strange relationship between dogs and bears. Taken from the show &#8220;Jailed Polar Bears&#8221; FirstScience.Tv
This is a follow up to Play &#38; Have fun. It&#8217;s good for you health.


Note - If Video stops and starts while playing - let it run through once then click the Play arrow and it will run through without stopping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Play &#038; Have Fun - It&#8217;s good for your health.</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/play-have-fun-its-good-for-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/23/play-have-fun-its-good-for-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:22:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Feature Articles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Humour]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=869</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Physican and clinical researcher Stuart Brown:
&#8220;If you don&#8217;t already think animals are far more spiritually advanced than we humans, think again.&#8221;
Accomplished wildlife photographer Norbert Rosing&#8217;s striking images of a wild polar bear coming upon tethered husky sled dogs in the  wilderness of northern Canada&#8217;s sub-arctic Hudson Bay.
Rosing was set up to photograph the dogs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmer - Senator Wong is Misleading the Public.</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/21/farmer-senator-wong-is-misleading-the-public/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/21/farmer-senator-wong-is-misleading-the-public/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Alastair McRobert]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[NETS]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Penny Wong]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New South Wales farmer and Professional Shearer Alastair McRobert (pictured) writes:
The Green Paper released at the Canberra press club last Wednesday by Senator Penny Wong was a slap in the face for Australian farmers that have had their property expropriated by draconian and unconstitutional native vegetation laws.
Affected farmers had hoped that the new Rudd Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Agreement Reached in Truckies Talks with QLD Government</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/20/no-agreement-reached-in-truckies-talks-with-qld-government/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/20/no-agreement-reached-in-truckies-talks-with-qld-government/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hughie Williams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Mickel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mick Pattel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talks held in Brisbane yesterday with the QLD state government have failed  to avert  the looming National Transport Shutdown.
Shutdown Convener and private transport owner &#38; operator Mick Pattel updates us on the outcomes of his meeting with QLD Transport Minister John Mickel (pictured) and Queensland Transport Workers Union Secretary Hughie Williams.
Mick Pattel private [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hobbs Says QLD Government Forcing Truck Drivers to Break Law</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/18/hobbs-says-qld-government-forcing-truck-drivers-to-break-law/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/18/hobbs-says-qld-government-forcing-truck-drivers-to-break-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:43:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Howard Hobbs]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=862</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Queensalnd Member for Warrego and shadow minister for Main Roads Howard Hobbs (pictured) writes:
Heavy truck drivers were all-but being forced to break fatigue driving laws because of the lack of proper rest areas.
Parliamentary Estimates yesterday (17/07/08) heard that the Bligh government was failing to provide enough heavy vehicle rest areas by under-funding the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Truckies to Hold talks with Minister John Mickel</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/18/truckies-to-hold-talks-with-minister-john-mickel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/18/truckies-to-hold-talks-with-minister-john-mickel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Agmates News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[AgForce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[ATA]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hughie Williams]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[John Mickel]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.agmates.com/blog/?p=857</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[National Transport Industry Shutdown Convener Mick Pattel will meet with Qld Minister for Transport John Mickel (pictured) tomorrow saturady the 19th of June.
At the meeting in Brisbane, Richmond Livestock transport owner Mick Pattel will present to the minister the log of claims that has been developed by transport owners &#38; drivers after recent well attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AgForce Warns Farmers &#038; Rural People to Prepare for Nation Trucking Shutdown</title>
		<link>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/17/agforce-warns-farmers-rural-people-to-prepare-for-nation-trucking-shutdown/</link>
		<comments>http://www.agmates.com/blog/2008/07/17/agforce-warns-farmers-rural-people-to-prepare-for-nation-trucking-shutdown/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agmates</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[AgForce]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Greg Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Transport]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Queensland - Peak State Farming Body AgForce is urging rural producers and those living in Rural communities to prepare themselves for the 2 week National Transport Shut down.
In a statement issued today - AgForce Cattle President Greg Brown (pictured) said -
&#8220;We are urging people to be aware of the potential disruption likely to flow from [...]]]></description>
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