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"Fears the land is losing its goodwill"

By Rosslyn Beeby, Science and Environment Reporter
The Canberra Times
05 Feb, 2010 07:56 AM

Australia's Landcare volunteers have been ''alienated and disenfranchised'' by the Rudd Government's $2.5 billion Caring for Our Country environmental grants scheme, a Senate report says.

The hard-hitting report, tabled yesterday by the Senate's rural and regional affairs committee, stops short of calling the program a failure but recommends a comprehensive overhaul.

Tony Burke: farmers are my advisers

November 26, 2009

ON-FARM advice has been a key to making the right decisions for agriculture, says TONY BURKE

Sometimes the first decisions you make are the most important.

Two years after becoming Federal Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, it's been clear that everything which has followed was characterised by a decision I made on day one: to spend as much time as possible with people who work the land, on their land.

Every election promise and subsequent policy decision has been affected by the advice I've received on farm.

Landcare Grants for Woolworths Sustainable Farming Projects

Landcare Australia Ltd
Woolworths

Your Land,Your Soil & Your Future

Yass Area Network
Wednesday 21 October 2009

The Yass Area Network of Landcare Groups (YAN) will host a public workshop in Yass on Wednesday 21 October 2009 on soil health, soil carbon and the role that effective soil management can play in sustainable production and managing global warming.

Have your say - the development of a government framework to support Landcare

The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry and the National Landcare Facilitator Project are coordinating a process to develop a framework to support Landcare for the next 25 years.

Community Action Grants

Caring for our Country

Eligible community groups can apply for grants from $5,000 to $20,000 (GST exclusive) to take action to help protect and conserve Australia’s environment.

Eligible community groups include:

  • community groups involved in coastal rehabilitation, restoration and conservation
  • groups of farmers or land managers working on sustainable farming or improving natural resource management
  • Indigenous partnerships involved in protecting or improving the environment
  • community groups involved in biodiversity conservation, environmental protection or managing natural resources

CSIRO/ Harden Murrumburrah Landcare Group Field Day

Tuesday 29 September, 2009

Mechanics Institute, Neill Street, Harden, NSW.
Harden Murrumburrah
This workshop will report on the results of a 20-year experiment investigating tillage and stubble management at 'Oxton Park', Harden.

Program includes

FarmReady Industry Grants

Round 2 of the FarmReady Industry Grants is now open.

FarmReady Industry Grants provide funding for eligible groups to undertake projects that help their members adapt to climate change.

Funding of up to $80,000 per financial year is available for projects which increase industry self reliance and preparedness to adapt to climate change.

Federal Government Volunteer Grants

On Friday 14 August 2009, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, the Hon Jenny Macklin MP, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector, Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens, announced the opening of Volunteer Grants 2009.

Fish habitat action grants

Habitat Action Grants enable fishing clubs and individuals, community groups, local Councils and other community members to submit proposals for projects to enhance fish habitat including rivers, creeks, estuaries, wetlands and natural billabongs in NSW.

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