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NSW Government responds to regional health inquiry report: Taylor
The NSW Government has finalised its response to the Rural Health Inquiry, reaffirming its commitment to improve health outcomes for all people living in rural, regional and remote NSW ... The NSW Government supports or supports in principle 41 of the 44 recommendations. Work is already underway to address many of these supported recommendations. Three recommendations are noted.
Next phase of work steaming ahead for Barton Highway: King, McBain, Farraway, Tuckerman
The duplication of the Barton Highway is forging ahead with the focus now turning to construction of several intersections along a seven-kilometre stretch as part of Stage 1 ... ARR.News asked some questions for the Ministers and Members and received a response from a spokesperson for Minister King.
Spring downfall causes one day postponement of iconic Birdsville Races
Day 1 of the iconic Birdsville Races, originally scheduled to kick-off on September 2 has been postponed following unseasonal inclement weather that has made track conditions temporarily unsuitable for racing. The Saturday race program on September 3, which will include the headline TAB Birdsville Cup will proceed as scheduled.
REX’S 7th Boeing 737 arrives
Rex has taken delivery of another Boeing 737-800NG, further bolstering the airline's jet fleet deployed on its domestic network. The aircraft, registered VH-MFM, arrived in Brisbane ... from Montpellier in France, adorned in the distinctive Rex livery.
Walcha one step closer to improved water security: Anderson
A new 300 megalitre off-stream storage dam at Walcha will provide greater water security and reliability for residents and businesses and to help drought-proof the town’s water supply ... The new 300 megalitre off-creek storage dam is being built on a small tributary of the MacDonald River, 16 kilometres from the existing water treatment infrastructure.
Empowering local environmental initiatives: Frank Batini
Many years ago one of my tasks involved assessing rehabilitated mine sites to see if they had attained the agreed "completion criteria" and could be accepted back by Government for ongoing management ... Some years later, a mining proposal was rejected by the EPA and I was approached by the company for advice on an "environmental offsets package" that could be acceptable ... What we managed to achieve was some expenditure in the local area/community with local decision-making.
Record number of recruits march toward career on the frontline: Ryan
A record 92 future firefighters have marched in the largest recruit parade in Queensland’s Fire and Rescue Service history. Minister for Fire and Emergency Services Mark Ryan said the parade, held at the Queensland Combined Emergency Services Academy, was a brilliant show of the professionalism and unity required to keep our communities safe.
Sheep diseases recognised through new AR tool: Scriven
World leading augmented reality (AR) technology developed in South Australia is being used to assist producers to recognise emergency animal diseases, such as foot and mouth disease in sheep ... The tool generates a flock of augmented reality sheep, providing an opportunity for the user to identify the sick animal by looking for signs and symptoms of exotic EAD diseases.
Celebrating our sustainable forest industry: Ellis
The forestry sector in Tasmania supports more than 5,700 direct and indirect jobs, many of which are in our rural and regional communities. Our forestry industry delivers a wide range of renewable products which are essential to the community.
Australia in ‘box seat’ as global consumers trade down to beef ‘trimmings’: Rabobank
Global demand for cheaper cuts of beef is expected to increase in the year ahead as rampant inflation and slowing economic growth see consumers trade down, Rabobank says in a newly-released report. And Australia - as one of the largest exporters of beef "trimmings" (the cheaper meat cuts which remain after prime cuts are removed) - is expected to be among the best-positioned countries to benefit from this increased international demand, particularly from the US, the agribusiness bank says in its Q3 Global Beef Quarterly.
