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Satellite outage sends farming systems back to pre-technology days abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Farmers forced to take the wheel as satellite outage cuts autosteering

Big agricultural businesses that sell GPS-reliant technology are being inundated with calls as farmers around Australia and New Zealand are forced to use rudimentary systems to spray and plant their...

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Shearing school's secret to building loyal family of shearers abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Shearing school's secret to building loyal family of shearers

The owner of a sheep station that has been training shearers for half a century says the quality of young people coming through the program gives him great confidence in the future of the industry.

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'Nothing left standing': Station owners left picking up the pieces after Tropical Cyclone Ilsa abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

'Nothing left standing': Station owners left picking up the pieces after Tropical Cyclone Ilsa

Pastoralists across Western Australia's Pilbara region are facing a mammoth clean-up in the wake of severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa.

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Salmon run attracts thrill-seeking shark fishers on WA's south coast abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/s…

Salmon run attracts thrill-seeking shark fishers on WA's south coast

The region's autumn salmon run draws in thousands of salmon chasers every year — but it is also a mecca for recreational shark fishers.

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Movement restrictions due to white spot prawn disease has Clarence River fishers 'on their knees' abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/c…

Movement restrictions due to white spot prawn disease has Clarence River fishers 'on their knees'

More than two months since the movement and sale of raw prawns from the Clarence River was banned, there has been no compensation for affected fishers.

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Record-breaking rain halts sugarcane planting as regions drenched with 61mm in 30 minutes abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/r…

Record-breaking rain halts sugarcane planting as regions drenched with 61mm in 30 minutes

Severe thunderstorms drench parts of regional Queensland where sugarcane planting is underway, setting some farmers back by weeks.

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WA's biggest emitters increased carbon output 5 per cent year on year abc.net.au/news/2023-04-17/w…

Amid a climate crisis, WA's biggest emitters increased carbon output 5 per cent last year

Analysis by the ABC of the past six financial years of reported emissions, under the national safeguard mechanism, shows a 15 per cent increase in carbon dioxide released by major WA projects, and up...

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How an old red truck saved a tiny town and inspired its women to start their own fire brigade abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/t…

How an old red truck saved a tiny town and inspired its women to start their own fire brigade

Maxine Imrie vividly remembers the day in 1991 when a grassfire started on the edge of Tullibigeal while its firefighters were away putting out another blaze.

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From cattle to the coast, a rural student embarks on uni's 'Best Field Trip in the World' abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

From cattle to the coast, a rural student embarks on uni's 'Best Field Trip in the World'

Jessica Warren from Booyal, a town of 300 people south-west of Bundaberg, joined four others on a university field trip to K'gari, Australia Zoo, Noosa, and campuses to get a feel for tertiary...

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Farmers open up fields for music events offering festivalgoers a different kind of experience abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Farmers open up fields for music events offering festivalgoers a different kind of experience

For 21-year-old Hannah Petrowski nothing compares to live music. When she moved from Melbourne to a small town in north Queensland she felt like she was going to be missing out. Then she attended a...

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Drought and dog attacks 'wreaked havoc' on this station. Now the fight is on to restore it abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/r…

Fresh hope for Rawlinna Station as shearers chase outback adventures

Spanning 1 million hectares, WA's Rawlinna Station is considered a "bucket list" shearing destination. After a run of hard years, its caretakers say fortunes are changing.

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Gut-burrowing parasite found in fish across NSW could infect humans abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/d…

Gut-burrowing parasite found in fish across NSW could infect humans

A worm-like parasite was found burrowed inside the gut of multiple freshwater fish and is the same species as those found to have previously killed native birds. Researchers say fully cooking fish...

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Mum whose love of 'colour was her signature' remembered with unique flower abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/d…

Mum whose love of 'colour was her signature' remembered with unique flower

Sisters of woman lost to brain cancer have honoured their sibling by naming a dahlia variety after her, with the flower's grower saying the family is among 70 who have used his varieties as tributes.

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Shadow hangs over Exmouth eclipse as workers struggle to find accommodation abc.net.au/news/2023-04-16/e…

Shadow hangs over Exmouth eclipse as workers struggle to find accommodation

Exmouth businesses are adapting after a solution for short-term worker accommodation, catering for tourists visiting during the solar eclipse, fails to get off the ground.

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Cattle prices take a dive, and the meat price for shoppers is finally starting to fall abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Cattle prices take a dive, and the meat price for shoppers is finally starting to fall

Cattle prices have dropped 40 per cent in the saleyards, and it's slowly being passed onto consumers.

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South Australian schools want to bring back agriculture classes, but who will be teaching them? abc.net.au/news/2023-04-15/s…

South Australian schools want to bring back agriculture classes, but who will be teaching them?

With strong career prospects, agriculture classes are back in schools. But with only one graduate last year and 12 vacancies, who will teach the students?

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At this caravan park in South Australia, arrivals are greeted with warm scones abc.net.au/news/2023-04-15/s…

At this caravan park in South Australia, arrivals are greeted with warm scones

Tucked away in South Australia's Mid North is the town of Laura, and its caravan park has an extra-special way of welcoming guests. 

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They're hard to wash and extremely easy to break, but could these clay pots be the secret to making top-quality wine? abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

They're hard to wash and extremely easy to break, but could these clay pots be the secret to making...

People have been making wine this way for at least 8,000 years in Europe, and a Tasmanian vineyard is now giving it a shot.

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Riverland fruit grower crushing it as he keeps up family tradition abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Riverland fruit grower crushing it as he keeps up family tradition

For some in the Greek community, making must is a tradition associated with Orthodox Easter. When Yianni Koutouzis saw he had too many grapes, he knew what he had to do.

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Dr Nigel Gray was determined to fight tobacco ads. Years later, his efforts are still paying off abc.net.au/news/2023-04-15/a…

In the 1960s, millions of Australians smoked. Then a Victorian doctor fought back against tobacco...

The powerful anti-tobacco ads that shifted public opinion in Australia are featured in a new exhibition at Melbourne's ACMI museum.

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