Drought slows Australia's growth
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Australia reports a slowdown in economic growth, as the country continues to struggle with a severe drought.
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By Andrew Gumbel  America is facing its worst summer drought since the Dust Bowl years of the Great Depression. Or perhaps worse still.
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Wild camels in drought-stricken  Australia are in plague proportions, damaging the environment  and property as they compete with native animals for food and  water.
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Australia's economy loses jobs for the third month out of four - news which could spell trouble for the country's strong growth.
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The winding lines of shipping  containers outside Casella Wines may mark the high-point of  Australia&#39;s A$3 billion wine export market as drought and  possible climate shift bite.
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Australia cuts its wheat forecast by 30% due to drought, with global wheat prices at record highs.
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Business & money: Growth will slow markedly next year and is unlikely to see a recovery until after 2009, the CBI warns
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TONY EASTLEY: For years Australia&#39;s economy has been going at a cracking pace. Boom and surge were the words that accompanied the Treasurer&#39;s descriptions of the economy as Australia enjoyed growth not seen since the 1960s.
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There is a warning that some of Australia's major cities could run out of drinking water.
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When bears wake early from hibernation,  Australia suffers its worst drought in 100 years and multiple  hurricanes hammer Florida should we believe The End is nigh?
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Australia said on Sunday it was relaxing  its migration program to allow more skilled workers into the  country where the jobless rate is at a three-decade low and  most companies face a labor shortage.
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Australia could expect more frequent droughts, heatwaves, rainstorms and strong winds because of greenhouse gas-induced climate change, the country's main science research body warned on Monday.
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SYDNEY : Australia recorded its slowest quarter of economic growth for almost four years, as slower exports and a weakening housing market took their toll of one of the world&#39;s strongest economies.
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Scientists predict that rainfall in Australia's agrarian south may reduce by 15 percent in the coming decades.
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Campaigners in Australia warn that Aboriginal languages are declining at record levels.
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With demand soaring abroad and droughts crimping supply, the worldâs wheat stockpiles have fallen to their lowest level in 30 years.
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China&#39;s economic growth has slowed for a third straight quarter as efforts by the government to rein in booming expansion continue to take hold.