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Reef run-off regulations anger Qld farmers

Source: ABC News
Published: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:16 AEDT
Expires: Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:16 AEDT

Megan Pailthorpe reports north Qld farmers are angry about the State Govt's plan to regulate how they control sediment run-off on to the Great Barrier Reef.

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