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Driving 100,000kms for a premiership dream. Is this Australia's most dedicated team?
Gloucester Advocate
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August 7, 2025
"I'm a fourth-generation dairy farmer," she said. "Work starts at 3am. We have 800 cows, which are milked twice a day. I'm on my feet all the time and average 60,000 steps a day. I finish work at 4pm, jump in the car and head to training. I get...
Fresno hatmaker rides Western revival to custom-crafted success
The Business Journal - California
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August 19, 2025
Hat maker Keryn Nicholson sizes a customer for some headgear. Her Nicholson Hat Co. moved to a new space in Fresno’s Tower District about two years ago. Photo via Keryn Nicholson published on August 19, 2025 - 1:56 PM Written by Frank Lopez For...
Solar electric sheep marry Australian farmers with clean energy
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 7, 2025
A solar power station in Australia is ensuring that successful farming is possible under such a renewable setup. Gayle Lee and Tom Lee’s 149-megawatt (MW) Glenrowan West solar farm is overcoming the challenge of producing food and renewable...
Doctor exposes shocking disparity in medicine costs between the US and Australia
New York Post
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August 7, 2025
A doctor has exposed the shocking reality for Americans who are forced to pay up to tens of thousands of dollars for vital medicines that some Aussies fork out less than $10 for. Doctor Michael broke down the price discrepancies between five...
Opposition visits with “hurting” farmers
The Camperdown Chronicle
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The trio met with Corangamite Shire Council Cooriemungle Ward councillor Jamie Vogels on Tuesday and called on the Federal Government to reinstate interest-free drought loans for Victorian farmers to help producers manage through and recover from...
Exhibitors chosen for Taste the Flavours of NSW at Fine Food Australia expo
The National Tribune
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August 7, 2025
Following an expression of interest process, the NSW Government has provided subsidies of $4,500 each to 18 unique food and beverage manufacturers from Greater Sydney and Regional NSW, including producers of sauces, spirits, chocolates and spices,...
Food System Sustainability And Organic Farming
Daily Independent
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August 7, 2025
0 New Worldwatch Institute report examines the growth of global organic agricultural practices and their impact on food security and the environment Despite a slight decline between 2009 and 2010, since 1999 the global land area farmed organically...
D3Energy breaks ground on 6MW floating solar farm in Ohio
PV Tech
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August 7, 2025
D3Energy dubbed the installation as “the largest FPV in Ohio and one of the largest in the country,” and the project is being developed in partnership with Monroeville. Under a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA), the village will buy...
New DNA analysis helps understand ecological role of Australia's invasive chital deer
Xinhua News Agency
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SYDNEY, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- An Australian researcher has used advanced DNA analysis of deer feces to uncover new insights into the diet of invasive chital deer harming northern Australia's agricultural landscapes. Originally introduced in 1886 with...
How Forced Labor Built Western Australia
JSTOR Daily
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August 7, 2025
The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. Much like the United States, Western Australia has a mythic origin story of settlers braving harsh conditions to create a new, free land. But, as archaeologist Sean Winter writes,...
The bush is doing it tough — time to listen to the heart of Victoria
The Geelong Advertiser
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August 19, 2025
The cost of living crisis is hitting harder in the bush than it is in the city, with two out of five regional residents struggling to make ends meet and barely one in ten feeling comfortable with their finances. Regional Australians love their...
Soumya Swaminathan lauds PM Modi’s resolve to ensure farmers welfare
The News Mill
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August 7, 2025
Soumya Swaminathan, Chair of the MS Swaminathan Rsearch Foundation and former Deputy Director-General (DDG) at the World Health Organisation (WHO), on Thursday lauded the commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure farmer welfare and his...
Australian views on Palestinian state appear to shift, ahead of Israeli cabinet's Gaza meeting
SBS
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Key Points Some 45 per cent of survey respondents supported a Palestinian state in Australia, with 23 per cent opposed. It marks an increase in support since May 2024. Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet to finalise a decision on the...
Australian views on Palestinian state appear to shift, ahead of Israeli cabinet's Gaza meeting
SBS
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Key Points Some 45 per cent of survey respondents supported a Palestinian state in Australia, with 23 per cent opposed. It marks an increase in support since May 2024. Israel's security cabinet is expected to meet to finalise a decision on the...
‘America is a scam:’ TikTok video on cost of medicines in the US stuns Australians
Sky News Australia
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August 7, 2025
A doctor has revealed the costs of different medications in Australia, the US and Scotland - leaving social media users flabbergasted at the US healthcare system. @drmichaelsays on Tiktok said the cost of a salbuthamol inhaler - commonly referred...
Australian Cider Awards open today
The Shout
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July 31, 2025
Cider Australia has officially opened entries to the 2025 Australian Cider Awards, the country’s most prestigious cider competition. This year’s awards will the expert judging panel blind taste hundreds of ciders, specialty ciders and apple & pear...
Australian Ag Minister Julie Collins visits Indonesian feedlot
Beef Central
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August 1, 2025
The Australian Livestock Exporters Council (ALEC) this week welcomed Australia’s Federal Agriculture Minister Julie Collins on a tour of Indonesia where she visited live cattle supply chains handling Australian cattle and engaged with members of...
Universities: Powering Australia’s Productivity Revival
The National Tribune
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August 7, 2025
By Professor G.Q. Max Lu AO, Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Wollongong Australia’s productivity growth has stalled for many years and with it, the prospect for long-term prosperity. While much of the national conversation focuses on...
'A few issues': Farmer reveals the weather hiccup that's impacted avocadoes this season
Nine
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August 7, 2025
Minmore Fruits in Kumbia, Queensland, is a family-run business. The team behind some of Australia's best avocadoes and stone fruits is Tony Dugdell and his wife, Mia, as well as Matthew and his wife, Lauren. It all began when their parents...
Meet the Australian artist bringing new life to a grain silo in rural North Dakota
Euronews
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August 7, 2025
It’s not every day you see an artist dangling 75 feet in the air, calmly brushing a giant concrete wall like he’s painting a picket fence. But that’s exactly where you’ll find Guido van Helten – perched high above the ground in a boom lift,...