Outback air mail pilot learns plenty in challenging but rewarding career launch
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Australia's biggest weir built since World War II opens after delays
A "generational" piece of water infrastructure for Queensland has been completed after years of construction plagued by cost blowouts, inundations and COVID-19 disruptions.
Winery deploys ducks to help reduce vineyard snails and cut input costs
After introducing the birds last growing season as a trial, Castle Rock Estate is using them again this year with hopes to grow the flock.
Urban sprawl, council rate hikes and land taxes push cattle saleyard out of suburban Melbourne
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Going against the flow: The argument for water buybacks to help farmers and the environment
Farmers have blocked NSW streets with tractors to protest water buybacks but some continue to support them, as an academic claims they are three times cheaper than saving water through infrastructure projects.
Fisher Danny's beef with oil and gas seismic testing
While oil and gas companies argue no lasting harm is done by undersea blasting, Tasmanian fisherman Danny Fox isn't so sure — and says if it's so harmless, he'd like to see an "oil executive" in a bath take a large blast of compressed air to "see what he thinks".
It's not all bad news when it comes to climate change as use of clean technology accelerates
Leading energy modellers forecast temperature rises will be kept within 2C of pre-industrial levels thanks to rapidly advancing clean technologies.
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Outback mine boss hopeful site will sell as nearly 200 jobs hang in balance
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Australia's northernmost sugar mill goes into voluntary administration despite $45 million from taxpayers
Mossman Sugar Mill, an operation north of Cairns employing around 150 workers and supplied by about 80 growers, is placed into voluntary administration.
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Winery deploys ducks to help reduce vineyard snails and cut input costs
After introducing the birds last growing season as a trial, Castle Rock Estate is using them again this year with hopes to grow the flock.
$14 is what it costs in California to eat a juicy Australian mango
It takes two weeks for these Aussie mangoes to go from a farm to a US supermarket shelf. But for Manbulloo Mangoes it's been worth it.
Popular winemaker saved from closure by new investors and old hands
Cassegrain Wines on the NSW Mid North Coast is purchased by a syndicate of investors including the son of its former managing director, after going into voluntary administration earlier this year.
Queensland farmer specialises in melons that you're unlikely to see on supermarket shelves
Shaun Jackson grows niche varieties of melons and, just as Australians are cutting back on fruit, an expanding Japanese market can't get enough of them.
Wine lovers thirsty for 'genuinely good' no or low alcohol option, as search continues for perfect drop
Alcohol products for those keen to stay sober have gone from niche to mainstream in a short span of time. But connoisseurs say finding such a drop replicating the mouth feel of real wine is like searching for "the holy grail".
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