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World's first wave-breaker tunnel and abandoned adventure hub could be tourism game-changers abc.net.au/news/2023-04-09/d…

World's first wave-breaker tunnel and abandoned adventure hub could be tourism game-changers

When Dismal Swamp opened back in 2004, there were hopes it would be the heart of tourism in Tasmania's far north-west, but its operation was troubled and has been left abandoned since 2019.

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Mass chook kill haunts farming community more than 20 years after devastating disease outbreak abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Mass chook kill haunts farming community more than 20 years after devastating disease outbreak

The Central Coast farming community of Mangrove Mountain is still paying the price for one of Australia's worst exotic animal disease outbreaks.

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Jam factory in tiny town solves labour shortage by employing primary school kids abc.net.au/news/2023-04-08/c…

Demand for tiny town's jam calls for all hands on deck

A successful cafe in country New South Wales has been able to expand thanks in no small part to its region's kids.

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How being crowned a 'queen' helped propel these women into the agriculture spotlight abc.net.au/news/2023-04-07/d…

How being crowned a 'queen' helped propel these women into the agriculture spotlight

Like many farming areas, women's roles in the apple orchards of Donnybrook went relatively unrecognised in the 1950s. But the region's Apple Queen competition helped to change that.

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When Kon, 18, left Greece in 1950, he began an adventure that would help shape two small SA towns abc.net.au/news/2023-04-07/v…

Greek immigrant honoured for role in shaping coastal hamlet's fishing industry

When Konstantinos Paleologoudias left Greece as a fresh-faced 18-year-old in 1950 he began an adventure that would help shape two small towns 14,000km away on SA's west coast.

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Water serpent sees off billionaire family's bid to corral flow of sacred river abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/f…

Water serpent sees off billionaire family's bid to corral flow of sacred river

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's weir project has been blocked after a tribunal found it risked killing or harming a water serpent spirit revered by traditional owners, or causing it to become angry.

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Farmers prepare to battle mining giant Santos in wake of approval to re-activate four coal seam gas wells in NSW abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/s…

Farmers prepare to battle mining giant Santos in wake of approval to re-activate four coal seam gas...

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are...

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Record barramundi harvest for Easter abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Record barramundi harvest for Easter

Australia’s largest barramundi farm has harvested a record amount of fish ahead of Easter, but the story is not so good for the wild-caught sector.

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Grower calls for compulsory fruit fly traps on farms in South Australia amid new outbreaks abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/g…

Grower calls for compulsory fruit fly traps on farms in South Australia amid new outbreaks

After three years and almost 40 outbreaks, a fruit grower is calling for the government to mandate traps in commercial orchards. It comes as backyard fruit growers call for more education on the pest.

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Meet the 75-year-old shearer still working at an impressive clip abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/7…

Meet the 75-year-old shearer still working at an impressive clip

Peter Allen has been shearing since he was 18. Nearly 60 years later, he can still shear 100 sheep per day, three days a week.

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A mining company had big plans for this NT town, until locals pushed back abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/n…

A mining company had big plans for this NT town, until locals pushed back

A gold mining exploration licence application for the township of Adelaide River, south of Darwin, has been withdrawn following community backlash.

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Historic fishing boat's final resting place is a dump. But it could be saved abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/r…

Historic fishing boat's final resting place is a dump. But it could be saved

The 145-year-old Rambler is the oldest known colonial-built fishing boat in South Australia and it's "falling to pieces" at a disused dump. 

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Pet food charity's services expand as cost of living hits owners hard abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/c…

Pet owners skipping meals to feed animals as demand for food charity soars

A Melbourne charity that helps struggling pet owners says demand for its services has almost doubled since cost of living pressures started to hit.

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Red Dog's origins are set in stone as latest statue is unveiled abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/r…

Red Dog's origins are set in stone as latest statue is unveiled

An idea on a school camp has helped inspire an outback town to embrace its place in Australian folklore by paying homage to an icon of the outback.

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Rental crisis bites in regional Victorian city where homelessness is up 99 per cent abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/h…

Rental crisis bites in regional Victorian city where homelessness is up 99 per cent

A Mildura mum says she can't see an end to her three-year search for a rental as a well-travelled worker rates the town as the toughest she has come across to secure housing.

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Heading south in WA this Easter long weekend? Don't expect a quick journey abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/b…

Heading south in WA this Easter long weekend? Don't expect a quick journey

A half-finished $85 million upgrade to the notorious Bussell Highway will only cause a "bottleneck" in Easter long weekend traffic.

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Would you put solar panels in your dam? Or above fruit trees? abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Would you put solar panels in your dam? Or above fruit trees?

The agriculture industry explores new ways of placing solar panels on farms as renewable energy becomes more accessible and appealing.

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Fancy some prawns on your table this Easter? Now's the time to catch your own abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/f…

Fancy some prawns on your table this Easter? Now's the time to catch your own

There's never been a better time to go prawning according to a Bundaberg fisherman, who says the crustaceans are bigger and more abundant than he has seen in years.

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The term 'petrochemicals' was removed from government websites. These emails show who did it abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/m…

The term 'petrochemicals' was removed from government websites. These emails show who did it

Emails obtained by the ABC show staff in the NT Chief Minister's department were tasked with removing the term "petrochemicals" from official websites about a taxpayer-funded industrial hub.

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Gulf residents 'broken, worn out' after devastating flooding as truckloads of donations arrive abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/d…

Gulf residents 'broken, worn out' after devastating flooding as truckloads of donations arrive

Much-needed supplies have arrived in flood-hit towns thanks to the work of two men and a handful of businesses, who say the government and media must do more to help.

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