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ABC Rural News: New fund offers BJD cattle payments

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/nrn-bjd-compensation/4696188
A compensation scheme will offer Queensland cattle producers caught up in an outbreak of a cattle wasting disease up to half the value of any animals that have to be slaughtered. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: DAFF imposes stricter conditions on live exports to Kuwait

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-17/kuwait-daff/4696396
A Federal Department of Agriculture investigation has concluded that it's "highly likely" Australian sheep were sold and killed outside ESCAS-approved supply chains in Kuwait in August last year. (Friday, 17/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: PNG a weak link in Australia's biosecurity system, expert warns

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/telegraph/content/2013/s3757861.htm
Dr Andrew Peters researched wild bird diseases in Papua New Guinea in 2012. He says insects and birds move very easily between PNG and Australia and could carry animal or human diseases such as avian influenza, also known as bird flu. A variant of avian influenza was detected in Western Papua several years ago. (Monday, 13/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Texas wasp eats crop-destroying pest

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-14/wasp-white-fly/4687470
A bug expert says the best way to control white fly outbreaks isn't with chemicals but with a predator wasp imported from Texas. Dr Siva Subramaniam, a senior entomologist with the Department of Agriculture at Bowen in north Queensland, says the wasp seeks out white fly eggs and feeds on the nutrients. (Tuesday, 14/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Vietnamese to taste Top End buffalo

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/vietnam-buffalo-export/4693534
The Northern Territory buffalo industry expects it will soon be exporting live animals to Vietnam for the first time. Since the live cattle suspension to Indonesia in 2011, Top End buffalo producers have been struggling, with no buffalo exported to Indonesia and very few producers left in the industry. (Thursday, 16/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Weeds lose priority in Budget

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/wons-budget/4693566
Funding for the control of destructive weeds across Australia is not guaranteed with the new Federal Budget. For the first time since 1999, Weeds of National Significance (WoNS) will not be given priority funding, and co-ordinators could be out of a job after June 30. (Thursday, 16/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Wilkie will again attempt to end live exports

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/egypt-cruelty-vision/4694276
Independent Federal MP Andrew Wilkie has indicated he will again try to end the live export industry, as outspoken activist group Animals Australia releases more video footage purporting to show Australian cattle being mistreated in Egypt. (Thursday, 16/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Queensland national park grazing to proceed regardless

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-05-16/qld-park-grazing/4693530
The Queensland Government says it will proceed with allowing starving cattle to graze on some national parks and reserves, despite the Federal Government's opposition. (Thursday, 16/05/2013)

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The West Australian: Cane toads step up spread

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http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/-/wa/17114290/cane-toads-long-march-in-wa/
Fears about industrialising WA's pristine Kimberley are held by many, but an even greater environmental threat to the region could be the toxic cane toad. The dreaded amphibians are marching south towards Broome, and the Kimberley Toad Busters (KTB) group say they are invading bilby habitat systems for the first time. (Sunday, 12/05/2013)

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ABC Rural News: Revamped WA biosecurity laws finally take effect

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http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/201305/s3750052.htm
Six years after it passed Parliament, Western Australia's Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act has come into effect. John Ruprecht, from the WA Department of Agriculture and Food, says the legislation means producers and government can now work better together to combat risks. (Thursday, 02/05/2013)

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