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The window is closing to oppose axing of tax offset for regional and remote Australians. READ MORE: abc.net.au/news/2019-10-10/s…
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Kim Moran says dust storms are "not just the western areas. Dust storms are hitting the Snowy Mountains! A pic I took at Guthega last weekend". For more photos from contributors see @abclandline's video from central-west NSW at ab.co/2mtnkeH
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Busselton's Jesse Byrne and Sarah Brown have finished third in a field of 40 riders in this year's Mongol Derby, racing across 1,000km of vast Mongolian steppes on semi-wild ponies (Pic supplied: Mongol Derby) ab.co/2NOyki3
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Murray-Darling inspector-general Mick Keelty says mistrust in the $13b basin plan driven by corruption scandals uncovered by whistleblowers and journalists "says to me that departments don't have the right structures in place to bring forward complaints" ab.co/2LqT0tB
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You wanted the fox? Here is the fox! And here is the story about this ingenious trap: abc.net.au/news/rural/2019-0…
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A simple homemade innovation is directing foxes to poisoned bait while preventing dingoes and other wildlife from being poisoned ab.co/2OAzEXW
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Sprinting into the path of a bucking 600kg bull is not something most people would consider, but that's what rodeo clown Cain Burns had to do to help save a rider last weekend ab.co/2OzqafF
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Five years after her partner, environmental officer Glen Turner, was murdered at work, Alison McKenzie says she is shattered by an amnesty for those who broke land clearing laws he was trying to enforce ab.co/2Zm5oRz
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How do you fight fires in a state that is 98pc in drought and short on water? It's a question being considered by firefighters in parched NSW as they prepare for fire season (Pic: NSW RFS) ab.co/2STS4S6
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After more than two years without any decent rain, Tenterfield in far north NSW receives a Rural Aid mobile desalination plant to filter bore water just 300 days from 'day zero' ab.co/2LLCM17
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It was a bit brisk in some parts of the country this morning. What's your measure of "coldness" in your neck of the woods? ❄🌬🧣
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After two decades running Mardie Station, drought has forced Richard Climas to sell every last head of cattle in a de-stocking he describes as his "worst case scenario" ab.co/2LIv3k7
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Coles this afternoon joins Aldi, Woolworths raising price of milk, but benefit to dairy farmers unclear ab.co/32Taaby
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Me, me, pick me 🙋! Farmers are a humble bunch but the Australian Farmer of the Year Awards is a chance to give a pat on the back to those who make a difference in your world! Today is your last chance to speak up > bit.ly/2YgWkgq
📸 Wandabar Stockdogs
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The farming industry is so varied across this amazing country so why not give a pat on the back to the farmer, consultant or young'un who deserves it? Nominations in this year's Australian Farmer of the Year Awards close on Sunday (7th). bit.ly/2YgWkgq
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Access to water is being reduced in western New South Wales in order to preserve supplies for critical needs. abc.net.au/news/2019-07-01/r…
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Who deserves recognition in the 10th Australian Farmer of the Year Awards? bit.ly/2YgWkgq
Get cracking ... the deadline for entries has been extended and now close on Sunday (7th July).
📸 ABC Open contributor Liam Kenneally
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There's one week to go to make your nomination in the Australian Farmer of the Year awards. Entries close next Sunday (7th). Don't miss your chance to have a say bit.ly/2YgWkgq
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