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Volunteers recover German backpacker's abandoned vehicle
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 30, 2025
Farmers in Western Australia's Wheatbelt have retrieved Carolina Wilga's abandoned van, weeks after the backpacker survived 12 days missing in the outback. Friends and family of the 26-year-old raised the alarm after she had not been heard from...
Arsenic in the damper, campers driven off a cliff: the murky historical links of AACo, Australia’s largest beef producer
The Guardian
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August 6, 2025
Warning: This article contains historical records that use racist and offensive language, and descriptions of events that will be distressing to some readers. It also contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died In a bustling...
Girl, 13, loses both legs in horrific farm accident just days before her birthday
Daily Mail
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August 6, 2025
A 13-year-old girl has lost both her legs in a devastating farm accident that happened just days before her birthday. Féile O'Sullivan, from the Beara Peninsula in West Cork, was left fighting for her life after suffering horrific injuries while...
Australia reopening its market to Canadian Beef sends an important message
Swift Current Online
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July 30, 2025
Australia has officially opened its market for fresh and frozen beef from Canada for the first time since BSE in 2003. The Canadian Cattle Association is pleased noting its one of the last remaining countries to have maintained bovine spongiform...
Dairy and farming expo celebrates 26 years
Farmer News
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August 6, 2025
The Strzelecki Lions Club is excited to announce the upcoming South Gippsland Dairy & Farming Expo, set to take place in Korumburra on Wednesday 3 September and Thursday 4 September. This year marks the 26th anniversary of the expo, dedicated to...
Farmers paid to trial sugarcane in peanut territory
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 31, 2025
Fourth-generation peanut farmer Ben Rackemann was hesitant when his father suggested growing sugarcane at a time when farmers across Queensland were abandoning it. But when the local mill offered to pay him to plant it, he took the chance to trial...
Funding boost for local climate-smart agriculture projects
Farmer News
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August 6, 2025
North East primary producers are set to benefit through the awarding of funding to local organisations implementing programs that encourage the adoption of sustainable farm practices. The Australian Government’s Climate-Smart Agriculture Program...
Could copyright now be used to gag advocacy groups and media reporting?
Pursuit
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Any crime committed behind closed doors cannot be investigated unless it is observed and reported. Some of the most prominent legal cases and Royal Commission investigations have stemmed from covert filming, including aged care abuses. In 2024, an...
Top Shelf appoints administrators
The Spirit Business
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August 19, 2025
Australian spirits producer Top Shelf International (TSI) has entered voluntary administration almost a year after shares were suspended. Top Shelf released Act of Treason, made with agave grown in Australia, in January 2024 Rob Smith and Matthew...
Agribusiness builds 11 acres of greenhouses
The Fiji Times
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July 30, 2025
VINAKA Farm, one of Fiji’s fastest growing agribusinesses, is transitioning from traditional open field farming to facility agriculture through the development of 11 acres of greenhouses. The Navua-based farm, which initially began operation in...
Jerseys shine for fertility
Shepparton News
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At 445 Balanced Performance Index (BPI) he hasn’t changed, despite many bulls around him shifting positions and even disappearing. ABS Global Australian business operations manager Bruce Ronalds said BRADY’s consistency was a testament to the...
Could Australia avoid egg shortages with better biosecurity?
Pursuit
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If you like eggs for breakfast, you might be wondering why they have become so much harder to find and why you’re paying more for them. A wave of bird flu in Victoria has caused ongoing egg shortages across Australia with some families buying...
The Heartbreaking Lives of Moon Bears in Bile Farms and How You Can Help
AOL
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Black bear in forest© Volodymyr Burdiak/Shutterstock.comIn honor of International Moon Bear Day on August 8, we’re raising awareness around the tragic lives of moon bears. Many of these beautiful creatures are subjected to bear bile farming. This...
Thousands raised for farmers
The Terang Express
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The Western Victoria Drought Emergency Relief Fund has recently been launched as a joint-venture between Rotary Australia World Community Service (RAWCS) and Farmers Relief Agency to support farmers struggling with the lingering impacts of the...
Australia opens doors to Canadian beef for first time since 2003
Prince Albert Daily Herald
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July 30, 2025
Daily Herald Staff The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has announced the successful re-opening of market access for Canadian beef and beef products to Australia. Federal Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Heath MacDonald said the Australia...
Great Barrier Reef on the Brink: Australia's Natural Wonder Suffers Worst Coral Collapse in History
International Business Times - United Kingdom
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August 6, 2025
Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the planet's largest living structure and a jewel of the natural world, has suffered the steepest coral cover collapse since records began almost four decades ago. Scientists warn that without urgent action, this...
Polled power drives success
Shepparton News
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This achievement comes as ABS Global claims the top five Holstein polled genomic bulls in the country — and six of the top 10 — in the latest Australian Breeding Values release. Perfecting polled genetics, to ensure there’s no compromise when...
Girl, 13, being treated in Dublin hospital after losing both legs in farm accident
Dublin Live
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August 5, 2025
A significant fundraising effort is underway for a young girl who suffered life-altering injuries just before her 13th birthday in a farm accident in West Cork. Féile O'Sullivan was critically injured on a farm in the Beara area of West Cork over...
Gallagher buys agriculture broker
Insurance News
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Gallagher has completed the purchase of MACK Insurance Services, marking a further expansion of its Australian business through acquiring specialist brokerages. MACK is a commercial insurance intermediary with a focus on the agriculture sector. It...
Jackie Trad heads to the CEC; Salta sells complex Preston Market; AirTrunk’s green loan deal for data centre in Singapore
The Fifth Estate
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August 20, 2025
Jackie Trad joins Clean Energy Council The Clean Energy Council has appointed former Queensland deputy premier and treasurer Jackie Trad as its new chief executive. Sign up for our free newsletter. Trad had previously delivered energy policy...