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NASA go for launch in Northern Territory
A series of NASA rockets will be launched into space from the Northern Territory later this month, with the Australian Government signing off on a history making moment for the local space sector. Three scientific suborbital sounding rockets will be launched between 26 June and 12 July 2022 from the Arnhem Space Centre, which is owned and run by Equatorial Launch Australia.
Record exports conceal ‘cost of farming’ crunch: NFF
The latest Government figures show agricultural exports reaching a record $64.9 billion in 2022-23, but National Farmers’ Federation President Fiona Simson says these positive numbers conceal the "cost of farming" crunch impacting farmers and consumers.
ICA to visit Lockyer Valley
Lockyer Valley Regional Council is urging flood impacted residents to connect with the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) when they visit the region later this month. Lockyer Valley Regional Council Mayor, Cr Tanya Milligan recognised the often daunting task that can be navigating insurance claims.
Unique WA-developed abalone ocean fishery certified sustainable
Today, on World Oceans Day, the Minister for Fisheries joined representatives from the Western Australia Fishing Industries Council and the Marine Stewardship Council to award Rare Foods Australia (RFA) internationally recognised status as a Wild Sustainable Fishery. This achievement by RFA, which operates the world's first abalone ranch near Augusta, becomes another of WA's sustainable fisheries success stories.
The Winsome Soup Kitchen, a vision of hope at Lismore
John O'Donnell. After a walk along the Wilson River and Leycester Creek near their junction at Lismore, I called into the Winsome Hotel, thinking there might be a drink on hand, as it was close to lunchtime and there was no signage on the hotel indicating any changes in management. No luck with any drinks, but I met Mieke Bell and she generously donated her time showing my wife and I what was happening on the ground floor after the floods.
New Agriculture Minister gets on-farm as new figures show bumper year ahead
New Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry Murray Watt will undertake his first farm visit as Minister today, to hear first hand from farmers and other industry representatives about the challenges and opportunities facing the sector. Minister Watt will spend the day in the Emerald region in Central Queensland, visiting cattle saleyards, a cotton farm, cotton gin and leading ag tech developer SwarmFarm Robotics.
The Mount Larcom Show is back! 18-19 June 2022
The Mt Larcom Show provides the community with unique friendly atmosphere providing entertainment with a distinctive country flavour.
Mackay Show, 14-16 June 2022
This year's show will feature Melvilles Animal Farm and Duck Racing as part of the free entertainment. The arena will feature Ashtons Globe of Death along with Walter Whip. The fireworks are on at 7pm & 9pm on Tuesday and 9pm on Wednesday.
Groundbreaking program for private land conservation: Griffin
Minister for Environment James Griffin said the NSW Biodiversity Conservation Trust (BCT) has entered into a partnership with Telstra in what will be the first of many agreements between landholders, the private sector and philanthropists to conserve land ... The BCT offers conservation agreements to landholders, which permanently protect existing native landscapes on private land in NSW.
A case study in folly #1 – bushfire management in karri country: Robert Onfray
Robert Onfray introduces a powerful 2015 speech by Roger Underwood, retired forester, firefighter and bushfire specialist in karri country ... "We have given warning after warning, until we sound like a broken record. We have met with Premiers, Ministers and senior bureaucrats, and written dozens of letters and submissions. We have said “get your bushfire management sorted out, or you will lose everything”, but instead of getting better, things on the ground just kept getting worse." Has anything changed?
