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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...
Australian producers can now earn carbon credits through livestock water supplementation
Beef Central
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July 29, 2025
Livestock water supplementation company DIT AgTech has registered the use of methane reducing feed additives using its technology for carbon credits, through an international crediting standard called Verra. The project is the first globally to be...
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...
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...
'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...
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...
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...
Australia to accept imports of U.S. beef
High Plains Journal - Kansas
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July 28, 2025
On July 23, it was announced that fresh and frozen United States beef will now have a place at Australian dinner tables. After extensive trade negotiations between the U.S. and Australia, the two countries have found common ground and Australia...
Australia lifts restrictions on US beef; Trump 'smiling'
Azzet
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July 27, 2025
Australia has announced it will lift restrictions on beef imports from the United States. All beef imports were initially banned in 2003 after the fatal neurological disease bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), also known as mad cow disease,...
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...
Pretty capital city crowned the world's ‘best’ to live in for 2025 - just 2 hours from UK
Daily Express
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August 10, 2025
There are many enticing cities around the world that people dream of moving to, and some are close enough for a quick weekend break from the UK. Now, one of Europe’s prettiest capitals has been named the best place to live in 2025. Copenhagen in...
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...
Rohit, Kohli should continue if they perform: Ganguly
Orissa Post
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August 10, 2025
Kolkata: Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Sunday feels Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli should continue playing ODIs as long as they are performing, given their “phenomenal” record in the fifty-overs format. Reacting to media reports suggesting...
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...
Australia’s green power switch may cost more than first thought: CSIRO
The Age
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July 28, 2025
In response to calls for CSIRO to model nuclear’s average capacity factor – the ratio of how long a generator is operational compared to sitting idle – in line with the US average of 93 per cent, CSIRO said it favoured the use of Australian...
Five reasons why wind energy costs are rising in Australia – and what to do about it
Renew Economy
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August 1, 2025
Building a solar farm in Australia is getting about 8% cheaper each year as panel prices fall and technology improves, according to an official new report. Battery storage costs are falling even more sharply, dropping 20% over the past year alone....
It used to be farmland. Now this suburb is its own village
The Sydney Morning Herald
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August 1, 2025
Save Save articles for later Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Got it Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Entering the front doors is like stepping into another time. Ornate chandeliers line the roof,...
Indonesia-Australia boost biosecurity, agree on food trade access
Antara
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August 1, 2025
Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Indonesian Quarantine Agency (Barantin) is collaborating with the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Forestry (DAFF) to harmonize biosecurity measures and open markets for several key commodities. “All...
Lance Neita | We want our Sabina Park back
The Gleaner
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August 10, 2025
The West Indies vs Australia 2025 cricket series at home will be ever remembered as “gone, but not forgotten”. Nor forgiven. West Indies cricket has been on the decline for decades but this latest episode is beyond belief. The Test match in...
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Shadow Warrior | From crisis to advantage: How India can outplay the Trump tariff gambit
Firstpost
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August 10, 2025
A simple summary of the recent brouhaha about President Trump’s imposition of 25 per cent tariffs on India as well as his comment on India’s ‘dead economy’ is the following from Shakespeare’s Macbeth: “full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”....