CATEGORY
Media Release
- About ARR.News
- ACT
- Advertisement
- AFL
- Aging
- Agriculture
- Aquaculture & fishing
- ARR.News event
- Arts
- Athletics
- Banking
- Basketball
- Beef
- Biodiversity
- Book Review
- Bowls
- Building & Construction
- Business
- Carbon
- Charity
- Climate
- Communications
- Community
- Conflict
- Cotton
- Council
- Craft
- Cricket
- Cycling
- Dairy
- Dams & water
- Dance
- Defence
- Drought
- e-commerce
- Education & training
- Employment
- Energy
- Engineering
- Entertainment
- Equestrian
- Event
- Exhibition
- Family
- Farming
- Federal politics
- Feed
- Fertiliser
- Festival
- Film
- Fire
- Fishing
- Flood
- Flora
- Food
- Food & Beverages
- Football Netball
- Forestry
- Gardening
- Goats
- Golf
- Grains
- Health
- Health
- History & heritage
- Hockey
- Horticulture
- Hospitality
- Indigenous
- Industry reports
- Infrastructure
- Inland waterways
- International
- International
- Interview
- Invasive species
- Land & environment
- Law & order
- Letters & responses
- Life
- Literature
- Manufacturing
- Marine
- Media
- Media contribution
- Meet the publishers
- Military
- Military history
- Mining
- Motorsport
- Murray River
- Music
- Netball
- New Release
- News
- Newsletters - Sport
- NSW
- NT
Critically endangered wombats explore new home: Linard
In a magnificent moment for conservation, the first northern hairy-nosed wombats have been released to explore their new home at Powrunna State Forest near St George in south-west Queensland. Northern hairy-nosed wombats are one of the rarest land mammals in the world.
Beehero establishes regional headquarters in Australia, growing its local presence & supporting pollination of multiple crops
BeeHero, the pioneer of precision pollination, announced the establishment of its new regional headquarters in Australia as part of a strategic plan to expand operations in support of Australian growers and beekeepers. BeeHero’s expanded presence involves support for multiple crops, with the company’s groundbreaking in-hive and in-field monitoring technologies now deployed across almonds, canola, macadamia nuts, apples, pears, plums, cherries, avocados, hybrid seed crops, and blueberries.
Tiny crop-health sensors could help cut the cost of groceries: RMIT University
A compact, lightweight sensor system with infrared imaging capabilities developed by an international team of engineers could be easily fitted to a drone for remote crop monitoring. This flat-optics technology has the potential to replace traditional optical lens applications for environmental sensing in a range of industries.
Living Lab Northern Rivers looks ahead with exciting future scenarios for Lismore
A revitalised floodplain that includes cultural land management, recreational trails, gardens and markets; commercial flood resilient retrofits in the Lismore CBD; new urban villages created above the floodplain; and a naturalised Brown’s Creek forming the spine of a new greenway connecting the CBD and urban villages. These are just some of the innovative ideas that Living Lab Northern Rivers presented to the local community...
Labor announces disingenuous live sheep phase out committee: Littleproud
Leader of The Nationals David Littleproud said Labor’s inquiry into the phase out of the live sheep export trade is once again disingenuous. Mr Littleproud said Labor has allowed just one week for submissions and has requested the committee report back in just over two weeks from now, by June 21, despite two public hearings in both Western Australia and Canberra.
Demand for fodder still high, despite rain: Rural Aid
Rain across four states has failed to dampen demand for fodder to feed drought affected livestock. Australia’s most trusted rural charity, Rural Aid, said the sigh of relief from farmers who received rain in the past week was almost audible such was the desperation of some; none more so than producers in south-western West Australia where the region had experienced its driest conditions on record.
Susan Close keeps blue-green algae sludge secret despite health warning for River Murray: Centofanti, Whetstone
Blue-green algae sludge – which poses health risks to humans and livestock – has begun trickling down the River Murray from New South Wales after Susan Close agreed to accept the concerning bacteria in South Australia without warning communities ... the NSW Government recognising “not only is the foul smell and colour of the water extremely distressing for the local community, blue-green algae can also pose potential health risks to humans and livestock”.
GPA cautious on new crop forecasts: Grain Producers Australia
Grain Producers Australia welcomes the latest crop production forecasts with cautious optimism ... GPA Chair, Barry Large, said the ABARES winter crop forecasts were based on above average summer rainfall and timely autumn rainfall that continued to improve soil moisture profiles in Queensland and northern and central NSW. But he said autumn rainfall has been lower than average across major cropping regions ...
Favourable winter supports ag industry: ABARES
Production in Australia’s agriculture, fisheries and forestry sectors remains on track to be the third highest on record in 2024-25, supported by an improved seasonal outlook ... Executive Director of ABARES Dr Jared Greenville said this quarter’s Agricultural Commodities and Australian Crop Report show an expected improvement in agriculture following drier conditions seen in 2023-24.
New era for state emergency and marine rescue services starts today: Ryan, Boyd
A new era in Queensland’s disaster and emergency management begins today as some of the most significant changes to how the state responds to natural disasters and emergencies takes effect. The State Emergency Service (SES) is now formally established with its own legislation, the State Emergency Service Act 2024 ... And for the first time, Marine Rescue Queensland (MRQ) is established as the state’s first integrated marine rescue service ...
Expressions of interest open for the Murray–Darling Basin Community Committee: MDBA
The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is seeking expressions of interest from individuals to serve as members of the Basin Community Committee (BCC). Established under the Water Act 2007, the BCC plays a vital role in advising the MDBA and the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council on issues relating to water management in one of Australia’s largest river systems.
New inquiry – Ending Live Sheep Export Bill
The House Standing Committee on Agriculture has today commenced an inquiry into the Export Control Amendment (Ending Live Sheep Exports by Sea) Bill 2024, which will end the live sheep export trade by sea from 1 May 2028. Committee Chair, Ms Meryl Swanson MP, said that the Bill fulfils the Government’s election promise to end the live export of sheep while providing time and funding for industry to adjust to the end of the trade.
Drivers urged to look out for koalas this long weekend after iconic animal falls victim to record-high vehicle strikes: Friends of the Koala
Koala conservation organisation, Friends of the Koala, say there’s been a 15 per cent increase in koalas being hit by vehicles in the Northern Rivers region this past year, calling for extra vigilance from motorists ... Between May 2023 and May 2024, Friends of the Koala received reports of 71 koalas who were hit by vehicles, of which only 13 were able to be rehabilitated and released back to the wild.
Building a seed bank for iconic forests: FCNSW
Forestry Corporation has embarked on a seed collection program to safeguard some of the most iconic forests in New South Wales. The giant eucalypt forests of the NSW high country dominated by Alpine Ash were severely impacted by the Black Summer bushfires.
Over 115,000 Barra to be released in Top End waterways this dry: Joel Bowden
100 juvenile Barra were released in the Palmerston Recreational Fishing Lakes ahead of the Hooked on Palmerston fishing competition... The Barra are released into waterways where they would not usually occur such as isolated lakes, lagoons and dams, providing easy-to-access and safe land based fishing opportunities where fishers of all ages and abilities can participate in this iconic Territory pastime.
Responding to the Basin Leadership Summit: MDBA
Sir Angus Houston. Following the 2-day Basin Leadership Summit in Sydney on 16 to 17 April the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has released a report summarising discussions of approximately 100 participants with diverse views on the environmental, cultural, economic, and social outcomes for the Basin. The Summit assembled more than 2,400 years of collective experience in Basin water management to gather diverse perspectives to inform preparations for the 2026 Basin Plan Review.
Australia’s winter crop planting up, but production to hang on La Niña – Rabobank
Australia’s farmers are expected to plant 23.55 million hectares to winter crops this year – up more than three per cent on 2023 – despite a mixed start to the season across the country, Rabobank says in its 2024/25 Australian Winter Crop Outlook ... This year’s winter crop planting – representing a 3.6 per cent increase on 2023/24 though down 1.8 per cent on the five-year average...
Statement on Perth farmer protests: NFF
David Jochinke. The Prime Minister, Ag Minister and all parliamentarians need to take a good look at what’s unfolding in Perth this morning. This is a grassroots farmer demonstration of historic proportions ... This latest call on live sheep exports has lit a fire under the industry and brought people together like you wouldn’t believe.
Cattle monitoring goes next level with artificial intelligence: Furner
Moove over ChatGPT – we’ll soon be using artificial intelligence to monitor cattle. The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries and Goondiwindi-based company Infarm have collaborated to create a prototype automated camera system to detect cattle and monitor their condition using advances in machine vision and AI.
Alarm on rising illegal drone use in rural Tasmania: TasFarmers
Tasmania's peak body for farmers, TasFarmers, is raising the alarm about the increasing use of drones in rural areas for illegal activities and privacy concerns. Ian Sauer, President of TasFarmers, said farmers have been increasingly reporting the sighting of drones flying over agricultural land under 500 feet.
Pig problem escalates: NSW Farmers
Farmers are reporting a fresh surge in feral pig numbers, prompting a call to escalate funding to fight the state’s feral pig problem ... “There’s reports of feral pigs weighing well over 100 kilograms charging through the paddocks, trashing food crops and killing calves and lambs at the drop of a hat”: NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin.
NT in top 3 regions worldwide for critical minerals potential: Lawler, Monaghan
The Northern Territory has 17 of the world’s most in demand critical minerals, including lithium, rare earths, graphite and copper and in independent report ranks the Territory in the top 10 globally for investment attractiveness, and 3rd globally for Mineral Potential behind WA and Nevada in the US ... An outcome evaluation report by Deloitte has shown that the first four years of the Resourcing the Territory initiative – introduced by the Territory Labor Government in 2018 – has helped significantly boost investment in resources exploration in the NT.
