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New Zealand feral cat killing competition for children axed after backlash abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/n…

New Zealand feral cat killing competition for children axed after backlash

A hunting competition for children aged under 14 to shoot feral cats was due to be held as a fundraiser for a school in the country's South Island.

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Regional Drive Great Builds: The McDonald's birthday plane - ABC listen

Karoonda farmer Jeffery Morgan has been chipping away at a plane restoration for about 22 years. The plane was formerly the McDonald's birthday plane, stationed outside the West Lakes store.

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Lawyers warn of inexperienced 'cowboys' locking farmers into complex renewable energy contracts abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/r…

Lawyers warn of inexperienced 'cowboys' locking farmers into complex renewable energy contracts

Farmers are urged to seek legal advice before getting locked into renewable energy projects that look good in the short term.

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'Voluntary' change not possible, report recommends forced council mergers abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/t…

'There will be fewer councils at the end of this': Minister accepts report urging forced Tasmanian...

A report on the future of Tasmania's 29 councils says amalgamation is necessary for local government to survive but it needs to be mandated. 

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Researchers forced to re-collect data after fires destroyed multi-million-dollar Struan facility abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/s…

Researchers forced to re-collect data after fires destroyed multi-million-dollar Struan facility

Staff at Struan Research Facility have been working from a makeshift laboratory at the historic Struan House after the adjoining research facility was destroyed in a series of fires in late 2022.

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Historic family winery signs up all of its grape growers to sustainability program abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/s…

Historic family winery signs up all of its grape growers to sustainability program

Grape growers contracted by Australia's oldest family owned winery have found signing up to a sustainability program has had financial, environmental and emotional benefits.

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More time sought for transition to WA's new Aboriginal heritage laws abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/m…

More time sought for transition to WA's new Aboriginal heritage laws

The mining industry and lawyers for traditional owners are concerned new heritage laws will start before anyone is ready.

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Drought was Louise's 'low point'. Now she's glad for the lessons it taught her abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Drought was Louise's 'low point'. Now she's glad for the lessons it taught her

After three consecutive La Niña events that saw widespread rainfall, graziers are now reflecting on the lessons learned from the worst drought in living memory.

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Historic Tenterfield Saddler for sale after three decades — but it needs work abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/h…

'A crying shame': Todd McKenney worried about future of Tenterfield Saddler as it goes on sale

The Boy from Oz actor leads the charge for a new buyer for the Tenterfield Saddler — now on the market three decades since it last changed hands.

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Satellite that brought down farming up and running again abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Satellite outage exposes vulnerability of farming sector technology

The British satellite Inmarsat I-4 F1, which provides services for East Asia and the Pacific regions, is back in operation after an outage on Sunday.

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Mates on road trip rebuild 160-year-old pub in outback ghost town abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/h…

Mates on road trip rebuild 160-year-old pub in outback ghost town

A group of friends from the Gold Coast have restored a historic venue in outback Queensland with a little help from a community thrilled to have its watering hole back.

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Goat future bright despite current low returns for producers abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

Near doubling of goat numbers sees prices plummet, but producers confident demand will rise

Despite consistently low goat meat prices for Australian producers due to sky-high numbers being farmed, there is optimism in the air for the future of the industry.

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'No new risks': NT government finalises key Beetaloo Basin study ahead of final fracking decision abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/n…

NT government finalises key Beetaloo Basin study ahead of final fracking decision

The Northern Territory government has publicly released the findings of a critical, three-year study into fracking in the Beetaloo sub-basin, finding no new risks associated with the development of...

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These are the areas that will get the least out of planned multi-billion-dollar tax cuts abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/s…

Australia's 20 richest electorates will soon pay $4.8bn less in tax. So why will country Australi...

Country Australians will benefit the least from the stage 3 tax cuts, a new analysis based on tax data shows.

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AEMO bails on transmission line meeting as farmers protest 'lemon' project abc.net.au/news/rural/2023-0…

AEMO bails on transmission line meeting as farmers protest 'lemon' project

The Australian Energy Market Operator has refused to attend an energy infrastructure consultation meeting in western Victoria after hundreds of people arrived to voice their opposition.

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Why the 'wettest location in the world' yesterday was a small community in Arnhem Land abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/n…

Why the 'wettest location in the world' on Monday was a small community in Arnhem Land

The remote community of Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory receives a downpour of 304mm in about 12 hours, as a tropical storm puts on an "impressive" show for locals.

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Flying mackerel abc.net.au/radio/programs/nt…

Flying mackerel - ABC listen

A commercial fisherman in the Northern Territory has started using air-freight to get his Spanish mackerel to market.

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Farmer sentenced over cruelty to more than 1,000 animals abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/v…

Farmer sentenced over cruelty to more than 1,000 animals

Victorian farmer Patrick Connally confined cattle inappropriately at a Baynton farm and failed to provide them with enough food, a court has heard.

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Esperance's only paramedic welcomes plan to quadruple staffing levels by Christmas abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/e…

Esperance's only paramedic welcomes plan to quadruple staffing levels by Christmas

Paul Gaughan has been the only paramedic working across the massive region for almost 12 years, treating everything from shark attacks to road crashes and farming accidents. But St John WA has...

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Farm deaths inquiry finds 'risk-taking culture', proposes levy for more safety inspectors abc.net.au/news/2023-04-18/w…

Farm deaths inquiry finds 'risk-taking culture', proposes levy for more safety inspectors

After 12 deaths in as many months, a WorkSafe investigation into Western Australia's agricultural sector finds that workplace fatalities are the highest of any industry.

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