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16/06/2024

Wild Pigs are a renewed focus in Western NSW.

04/06/2024

The gross value of Australian agriculture, fisheries and forestry is set to come in at just under $90 billion, the third-highest figure on record.

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03/06/2024

Rural women are travelling up to four hours to have their babies, amid widespread shortages of midwives and specialists, an inquiry has been told.

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03/06/2024

The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has responded to stakeholders who debated the health of Australia's biggest river system at a recent summit.

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03/06/2024

Australia's lowest paid workers will receive a 3.75 per cent pay bump as the Fair Work Commission considers lingering cost-of-living pressures.

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03/06/2024

A 12-month study of community opinions on the renewable energy rollout points to a divided nation as battle lines are drawn for another climate election.

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31/05/2024

‘’Victoria remains the nation’s biggest loser, with the slowest growth in business numbers since the Covid-19 pandemic, which is no doubt set to get worse due to the irresponsible economic management of the state government,’’ said Lachlan Clark, Research Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs.

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30/05/2024

The boy who began at the Henty Football & Netball Club is now a Crow with his brother Nick. Well done Toby Murray and Hume Football League for generating another AFL listed player.

Welcome, Toby 💙

28/05/2024

Beth Mitchell, the Head of Engagement for Beyond Zero Emissions, recently appeared on the Country Viewpoint program to discuss the details behind the latest clean technology push her organisation is rallying behind.

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28/05/2024

Essential workers are unable to return to work due to severe childcare shortages in the bush, with a new coalition calling for urgent federal government action.

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27/05/2024

Search rules for endangered greater gliders have been changed after the Forestry Corporation raised concerns about the wood supply in NSW.

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27/05/2024

Australia is looking at how it can support Ukraine in a "practical way" as Kyiv is increasingly worried its plea for a coal shipment may go unanswered.

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27/05/2024

With the Paris Olympics two months away, swim champion Libby Trickett has joined a campaign to protect young people's body image and combat body shaming.

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27/05/2024

A new coating for anti-psychotic drugs that mitigates weight gain as a side effect has the potential to change the lives of patients, researchers say.

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27/05/2024

Harry Macpherson is one of a handful of rural musicians in the Australian Youth Orchestra. The prestigious ensemble is urging more country kids to apply.

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24/05/2024

Mildura Rural City Council today marked the official opening of the $13.025 million second stage of the Mildura Sporting Precinct.

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23/05/2024

RSPCA officials admit they fell short when they initially cleared an illegal knackery of any wrongdoing despite finding 20 dead horses on a NSW property.

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23/05/2024

A judge has repeatedly questioned a primary school's failure to disclose an eight-year-old boy's swimming ability to an aquatic centre before he drowned.

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23/05/2024

The federal government is steaming ahead with its plan to foster new clean industries and has unveiled a new strategy to kickstart battery manufacturing.

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23/05/2024

Young Australians affected by violent online content need help from all sectors of society, not just law enforcement and security, the national spy chief says.

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23/05/2024

Mass culling of 400,000 chickens is under way at a Victorian egg farm as the strain of bird flu is confirmed, while an unrelated strain is found in WA.

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23/05/2024

Australians are still intending to retire, on average, between their 65th and 66th birthdays, according to data released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).

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23/05/2024

Wednesday, May 22nd was a date pencilled into so many diaries this year.

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22/05/2024

Testing is underway to determine if a strain of avian flu detected in a Victorian egg farm is the deadly new strain causing mass bird deaths around the world.

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22/05/2024

After a year of hearing from regional communities, farmers and the banking sector, the inquiry into rural bank closures is due to hand down its final report.

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22/05/2024

Seeding is underway for most Australian grain producers with many in parts of western and southern Australia reducing their canola plantings as they continue to wait for a proper season break in the absence of any rain.

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21/05/2024

Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW Day) - a national day to thank all State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers - will be celebrated across the country on Wednesday, May 22.

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21/05/2024

Labelled the "worst treatment disaster in the NHS", the infected blood scandal saw more than 30,000 people infected with HIV and Hepatitis C after being treated with contaminated blood products.

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21/05/2024

All election material generated by an AI tools should be clearly labelled, Australia's Electoral Commissioner says, due to growing disinformation risks.

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21/05/2024

As coal plants continue to close, delays to battery and other energy transmission projects have increased the risk of blackouts during peak demand.

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