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Vaccine rollout for Japanese encephalitis targets piggery workers, others at risk abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…

Vaccine rollout for Japanese encephalitis targets piggery workers, others at risk

Australia's acting chief medical officer triggers a vaccine rollout for the mosquito-borne pig and human disease Japanese encephalitis, declaring it an "incident of national significance".

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Australia's largest milk co-operative suffers massive flood losses abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…

Australia's largest milk co-operative suffers massive flood losses

Livestock, fences and pastures have been lost, machinery, homes and dairies destroyed and 200,000 litres of milk dumped so far as Norco counts the cost of floods in NSW and Queensland.

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WA is open but the state's north-west could be kept waiting for flights to Bali, east coast abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/b…

WA is open but the state's north-west could be kept waiting for flights to Bali, east coast

Residents in Western Australia's north are itching to return to Bali but they could have longer to wait for direct flights from the region.

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LISTEN: Teaching the fine art of shearing as the shortage of workers hits home in Tasmania abc.net.au/radio/programs/ta…

Teaching the fine art of shearing as the shortage of workers hits home in Tasmania - ABC Radio

The lack of shearers in Tasmania since the pandemic began has been heightened by border closures and lack of overseas workers

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A case of the potentially deadly Japanese encephalitis virus has been detected in Queensland. This is what you need to know abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/j…
Hundreds of dead animals as water, debris hinder rescue efforts abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/a…
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Why this curious creature excites scientists but is feared by dog owners abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/w…

Why this curious creature excites scientists but is feared by dog owners

Slimy, stinky, and potentially toxic to canines, the first sightings of dead sea hares on WA beaches prompt warnings to dog owners to stay alert near the water's edge. 

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WA's border is finally open, but even the Premier admits it won't lead to 'tourism nirvana' overnight abc.net.au/news/2022-03-04/w…

WA's border is finally open, but even the Premier admits it won't lead to 'tourism nirvana'...

Mark McGowan hails WA's reopening as a "new chapter" for the state but business-crippling restrictions and skilled worker shortages mean many sectors won't bounce back for at least another year.

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Do you know where your fish and chips come from? Law could require transparency on menus abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…
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'All of our crops are completely submerged': Total crop losses expected in northern NSW flood zone abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/n…

'All of our crops are completely submerged': Total crop losses expected in northern NSW flood zone

Crop farmers in northern New South Wales are anticipating entire crops worth millions of dollars will be lost after floodwaters completely submerged soybean, rice, cane and macadamia farms.

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LISTEN: Extreme events and the food system abc.net.au/radio/programs/vi…

Extreme events and the food system - ABC Radio

War, weather, shipping and shopping and the extreme events changing the price of food.

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Tesla signs major supply agreement with NT miner Core Lithium abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…

Tesla signs major supply agreement with NT miner Core Lithium

The operator of the Northern Territory's newest mine signs a contract to supply lithium to electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla.

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Japanese encephalitis detected in pigs in eastern Australia abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-0…
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Outback residents fed up after Telstra outage cuts off tourist hotspots abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/b…

Outback residents fed up after Telstra outage cuts off tourist hotspots

Business owners in two iconic outback towns fear they could lose "hundreds of thousands of dollars" should an outage of this scale happen again. With growing disappointment in the big telco, locals...

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Mother nature's extremes, Tasmania records it's driest three months in decades. ab.co/3KsT7lF

Tasmania just had its driest summer since 1980

While thousands of people across Queensland and New South Wales are grappling with catastrophic floods, the country's smallest state has just endured its driest summer in four decades.

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Tasmania endures driest summer in 40 years abc.net.au/news/2022-03-03/t…

Tasmania just had its driest summer since 1980

While thousands of people across Queensland and New South Wales are grappling with catastrophic floods, the country's smallest state has just endured its driest summer in four decades.

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Mobile coverage upgrade along WA coast delayed due to funding issues abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/s…

Mobile coverage upgrade along WA coast delayed due to funding issues

The installation of a mobile phone tower to reduce rescue times along WA's deadliest coast has been delayed due to funding negotiations.

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'The humidity is pretty extreme': Parts of Queensland to swelter through heatwave abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/c…
Local fishers reeled in to help scientists assess snapper stock abc.net.au/news/2022-03-02/s…

Local fishers reeled in to help scientists assess snapper stock

Commercial fishers have been recruited to help scientists investigate if the number of snapper has increased since a controversial fishing ban was introduced in 2019.

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LISTEN: Both sides of politics non-committal on Murray-Darling future abc.net.au/radio/programs/vi…

Both sides of politics non-committal on Murray-Darling future - ABC Radio

With a deadline and an election looming both sides of politics talk basin plan future

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