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Jul 2019
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Australian farming: family farms or Agro...

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As a nation we have a great affection for our farmers and the family farm. But rural Australia is changing, and there’s an ongoing fear that some of our best agricultural land is falling into foreign ownership. Is this right and how has our rural economy changed over the past 200 years? ... Show More
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