Daily Archives: Wednesday, 18 November 2015

THE LAND: Farm assets cut from means test

Pic source: farmonline.com.au BY Colin Bettles FARM assets will be cut from the Youth Allowance asset test from January 1 next year, delivering great news for farming families while boosting regional education, says Victorian Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie. Starting next year, the Family Assets Test and the Family Actual Means Test will be removed from…

ABC RURAL: Saleyard operator tells Senate Inquiry it knew Teys would boycott first Wodonga sale

Pic source: ABC Rural (Warwick Long) BY Warwick Long The operator of the new Wodonga Saleyards, knew at least one major meat processor was going to boycott its first prime sale, months before the sale occurred. At the opening of the new multi-million dollar saleyard complex at Barnawartha near Wodonga in February, up to nine…