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Cobalt Blue's $560m Broken Hill mining project receives 'major project status' abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/c…

Cobalt Blue's $560m Broken Hill mining project receives 'major project status'

Cobalt Blue receives "major project status" from the federal government for its plans to produce almost 17,000 tonnes of high quality cobalt sulphate a year near Broken Hill. 

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Ambitious water efficiency target for Australia's thirstiest crop abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/r…

Ambitious water efficiency target for Australia's thirstiest crop

Water availability is set to be the industry's largest challenge due to a changing climate and ongoing water reform. 

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Partner 'completely disgusted' over fine for feed mill operator over workplace death abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/l…

Partner 'completely disgusted' over fine for feed mill operator over workplace death

A Barossa Valley company is convicted and fined $390,000 over the death of a worker, a penalty his partner says has left his family "completely disgusted".

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'Stupidest hobby in the world': Explorer of abandoned mines goes underground despite knowing dangers abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/j…

Explorer of abandoned mines admits he has 'stupidest hobby in the world'

A Tasmanian enthusiast of abandoned mine exploration says going underground is worth taking "a big risk".

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Visiting farmer scholars recall lingering Soviet ghosts from their Ukraine travels abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…

Visiting farmer scholars recall lingering Soviet ghosts from their Ukraine travels

A world away from Ukraine, two Riverland farmers who spent time there on an agricultural scholarship trip recall the stunning soil, modern tech, proud independence, and a noticeable tension with its...

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Lobster fishermen battles marine waste with plastic-free lobster pot abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/l…
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'We've had a horrible start to the year': Victoria Police begin dangerous-driving blitz abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/d…

'We've had a horrible start to the year': Victoria Police begin dangerous-driving blitz

March is traditionally the deadliest month on Victoria's roads and a rise in road trauma already has police worried.

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The unexpected bright side of higher petrol prices abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/r…

The unexpected bright side of higher petrol prices

With Australian petrol prices forecast to reach $2.10, it's possible some good could come of the pain wrought by Russia's invasion of Ukraine — including a faster path to net zero emissions, writes...

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'They are part of the family': Farmers devastated as cattle washed away, others led to safety by kayaker abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/n…

'They are part of the family': Farmers devastated as cattle washed away, others led to safety by...

Farmers have watched on, feeling helpless, as hundreds of cattle were swept away in the record-breaking flood event in northern NSW. In other cases, stories of hope, as animals are guided to safety.

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Thousands of fish found dead at Menindee Lakes abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/t…

Thousands of fish found dead at Menindee Lakes

With the major "fish kills" of 2019 still fresh in mind, the event has locals on edge — but officials say there is another explanation.

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Suppliers urge calm amid fruit and veg shortage triggered by floods abc.net.au/news/2022-03-01/q…

Queensland flooding triggers fruit and vegetable shortages in outback towns

Supermarkets across outback Queensland are bracing for produce shortages due to flooding in the state's south-east, with warehouses in Brisbane completely inundated as supermarkets place purchase...

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Australian farmers 'take the chockies' with most valuable year yet abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…

Australian farmers 'take the chockies' with most valuable year yet

The national commodity forecaster expects the value of agriculture to reach $81 billion this financial year, thanks to a record grain harvest and the highest prices paid for Australian produce in 32...

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Pet crematorium ordered to stop horse burials in unlicensed landfill abc.net.au/news/2022-02-28/e…

Pet crematorium ordered to stop horse burials in unlicensed landfill

ABC understands trucks had been taking dead horses and other animals to the rear of the property for years to be buried in large pits without lining.

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Struggling to buy eggs? Farmers say shortage to continue for a few months yet abc.net.au/news/2022-02-28/e…

Struggling to buy eggs? Farmers say shortage to continue for a few months yet

Western Australia's commercial egg industry is warning a tight local supply of eggs on supermarket shelves could last more than six months after a perfect storm of events.

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'As a kid, an escape tunnel sounds much better': What really lies beneath Mildura? abc.net.au/news/2022-02-28/l…
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Opposition hints at changes, but will 'uphold the letter and spirit' of Murray-Darling Basin Plan abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…
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Farmers make final plea for changes to Hunter Valley water sharing rules abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/h…

Farmers make final plea for changes to Hunter Valley water sharing rules

Hunter irrigators, including horse farms, are nervously waiting to see how the NSW government responds to feedback about proposed water restrictions.

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This town has become an eco-tourism hub. The locals say logging activity is 'not consistent' with its new brand abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/d…

This town has become an eco-tourism hub. The locals say logging activity is 'not consistent' with...

In Tasmania's north eastern forests, the mountain-biking hub of Derby is caught between its past and its future, as logging machinery rolls into town.

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'She was one in a million': How Vera's work transformed the weed-choked Mallee abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/h…

'She was one in a million': How Vera's work transformed the weed-choked Mallee

In Victoria, farmers remember research scientist Vera Molnar who saved the Mallee grain industry.

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How a letter from a farmer's wife launched an automotive fleet abc.net.au/news/2022-02-27/g…

Dismissed by Henry Ford as a 'kangaroo chaser', the ute became an Australian classic

In the early 1930s, a handwritten letter landed on the desk of Hubert French, Ford Australia's general manager. It came from a farmer's wife from Gippsland, with an idea and a plea for new type of...

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