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Ghouls film themselves sneaking into killer farmer Tony Martin's abandoned home
The Mirror
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August 2, 2025
Sick ghouls filmed themselves rifling through killer Tony Martin's possessions at his abandoned farmhouse just weeks after his death, the Mirror can reveal. The "explorers" posted footage on YouTube showing themselves combing through the...
Orkney farmer Charles Gorn leaves £470,000 to agricultural charity
Farmers Guide
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August 2, 2025
2nd August 2025 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak Orkney farmer Charles Gorn, who passed away in November 2023, has left a £470,000 legacy from his estate to RSABI, an agricultural charity that supports the Scottish farming community. Orkney farmer...
Severe weather update: Damaging winds for Western Australia on Sunday
The National Tribune
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August 2, 2025
Damaging winds are a risk across large parts of south-western Western Australia on Sunday, as a windy, cold front moves through. Taking a look at our satellite and radar imagery, we can see a cold front crossing the south-west coast of Western...
Australia Reopens Market to U.S. Beef After 20-Year Ban
AGNet West - Florida
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July 28, 2025
Historic Breakthrough for American Beef Producers For the first time in two decades, American cattle producers will now be able to export fresh and frozen beef to Australia. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) has announced the...
Aussie retailer donates $2M in work pants to Fiji farmers
The Fiji Times
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August 1, 2025
Australian retailer Lowes Menswear, in partnership with Vuvalle Outsourcing, has donated over 26,000 pairs of industrial work pants, valued at $2 million, to Fiji’s rural farm workers, particularly those in the sugar industry. The handover...
Methane, Money & Metrics: Inside Big Ag’s Plan to Hide Its Climate Impact in South America
The Good Men Project - California
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August 8, 2025
By Maximiliano Manzoni, Consenso, Sentient This story was originally published on Consenso. If you only have a few minutes: New research reveals a coordinated plan by agribusiness to influence climate policies in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and...
Why are some Australian farmers losing faith in peak agricultural bodies to represent their interests?
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
Last September, a leaked email revealed the National Farmers’ Federation had directed members to stay silent about the putative health risks from paraquat, a widely used herbicide. Some farmers rebelled. Among them was Mirboo North grower and...
'Say yes NZ' to housing, agriculture, cruise ships, mines - Luxon
RNZ
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August 2, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon addresses 550 delegates at the annual National Party conference in Christchurch. Photo: RNZ / Giles Dexter National leader Christopher Luxon has told the party's annual conference that the country needs to "say...
Strengthening Australia-Indonesia Agricultural Relationship
The National Tribune
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August 2, 2025
The Hon Julie Collins MP Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry The Albanese Labor Government continues to strengthen two-way agricultural trade with Indonesia, with a visit to Jakarta this week by Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and...
The Hundred 2025: Welsh Fire Sign Matt Henry As Replacement for Injured Chris Woakes
Latestly
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August 9, 2025
Mumbai, August 9: New Zealand’s right-arm fast bowler Matt Henry has been signed up by Welsh Fire as a replacement for the injured England seam-bowling all-rounder Chris Woakes in the ongoing edition of The Hundred men’s competition. Henry, 33,...
Australian farmers clap back at Donald Trump’s claims US beef will flood the Aussie market
The West Australian
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July 29, 2025
Australian cattle farmers have hit back at Donald Trump’s claims American beef will “flood” the market down under, but say they are concerned about biosecurity risks and failure to consult industry before agreeing to take more US imports. The red...
Australia's youngest senator, 21, launches furious attack on Pauline Hanson and suggests she's stupid: 'All I can say is, are you kidding?'
Daily Mail
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July 29, 2025
Australia's youngest senator, 21, has blasted Pauline Hanson and suggested the One Nation leader is stupid for trying to scrap the nation's net zero target. Hanson, 71, introduced a motion on Monday to scrap Australia's net zero emissions target,...
Australian firm on the lookout for partners ahead of oil & gas drilling and development ops
Offshore Energy
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July 29, 2025
West Perth-headquartered IPB Petroleum is seeking partners to secure funding for future hydrocarbon drilling and oil and gas development activities across its exploration permit in the Browse Basin off the coast of Western Australia. Location map...
Going to waste: two years after REDcycle’s collapse, Australia’s soft plastics are hitting the environment hard
The Guardian
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August 2, 2025
Two years on from REDcycle’s collapse, 94% of Australia’s soft plastics are still headed for landfill. Collection has restarted at supermarkets, and 42 warehouses of plastics have been cleared, but experts say the packaging industry must take...
Red tape cut for farmers wanting to build small abattoirs
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 1, 2025
The Victorian government will change the state planning rules for micro abattoirs, allowing farmers to fast-track the construction of small processing facilities on their properties. On Thursday, the Victorian government tabled its response to the...
Kurt Sampson, one of Australia’s most accomplished chefs, passes away aged 57
Brisbane Times
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August 2, 2025
In 1992 he moved to Perth and became sous chef at 44 King Street where he worked alongside a pre-Star Anise David Coomer and underneath head chef Russell Blaikie. Next came Melbourne and our man’s Malouf era. First it was a stint at...
WNB partners with PPL for land handover to build solar farm in Kimbe
Papua New Guinea Post Courier
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August 1, 2025
PNG Power Ltd (PPL) extends its gratitude to the West New Britain Provincial Government, led by Governor Sasindran Muthuvel, for providing a 6.95-hectare parcel of land at Kapore in Kimbe to support the construction of a new solar farm. On July...
Top End town fights vet shortage by training teenagers in animal care
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 9, 2025
At her grade six graduation, Brooke Rapley was awarded "most likely to become a vet". While she grew up surrounded by animals on a property in Katherine, about 350 kilometres from Darwin in the Northern Territory, for Ms Rapley, the closest place...
Australia may no longer be Trump's least badly treated friend
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 29, 2025
It could be a throw-away line or a massive blow to the Australian economy delivered by US President Donald Trump. Australia thought it was relatively safe from Trump's tariff war. It turns out we could have been wrong. Once again, the US president...
After 150 years, Australia's longest newspaper dynasty is set to change hands
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 1, 2025
For 150 years, The Buloke Times has rolled off the press in Donald, a small town of 1,500 in regional Victoria. And for that entire time, it's been run by one devoted family. Now aged 95, editor Robin Letts has been at the helm of the newspaper...