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Angie’s scorched earth ceramics
Nancy Whittaker. Angie Robinson has work on permanent display in the MANet Art Gallery. I needed to find out more about her beautiful ceramic pots ... to find out exactly what saggar firing was after seeing her beautiful pots...
Native fish habitat trial goes swimmingly: Watt, Moriarty, Jackson
...the trial of the $26.2 m bubble plume project is already making a positive difference by creating warmer temperatures throughout the Severn River’s Pindari Dam storage ... “This project aims to re-establish more natural water temperatures below dams for native fish breeding and growth. The project also ensures that water temperatures from environmental flow releases enhance the health of the river downstream”: Tara Moriarty.
Rural families too ashamed to send hungry children to school: Aussie Helpers
Aussie Helpers Brekkie in a Bag program is providing practical support for the remote families quietly struggling under mounting pressure ... “This year, with the school runs and soaring fuel prices, it’s just not affordable to clock up an extra 100 km each day”: Valerie Galipo ... “Just knowing they’ve had something to eat and can start their day ready to go is a real comfort.”
The Nationals to scrap net zero and VNI West
The Nationals will fight to stop the Victoria to NSW Interconnector West (VNI West) by scrapping Labor's net zero agenda, which has driven the reckless renewables rollout across regional Australia. Speaking after a Farmers' Forum in St Arnaud last week, Leader of The Nationals Matt Canavan said farmers and the local community had made clear the disastrous impact Labor's net zero agenda was having on regional Victoria.
Peak volunteering organisation at risk
In the wake of National Volunteer Week, Volunteering Central Coast says proposed Commonwealth funding changes could dismantle the local volunteer support infrastructure that has enabled volunteering on the Central Coast for more than 40 years. Established in 1985, Volunteering Central Coast currently supports more than 60 local community organisations and promotes about 170 volunteer roles, many of which require multiple volunteers to meet community need.
Declining retail activity leads to bid to attract new businesses to shire towns
Sean Cunningham. A push to breathe new life into the town's vacant main street shops was presented to Narrandera Shire Council, with a proposal to form a joint committee between the council and the Chamber of Commerce. Councillor Bob Manning submitted the Notice of Motion to last week's meeting...
Rain on the way for the CWB, plus some rain on the way for Chateau Blundell? Fuel and fertiliser update, apparently we have heaps?
Plus road train owner operator Zac Anthony gives a real on the road update on diesel prices, plus your weekly farming weather and all of your rural news with Fiona L Fox from Australian Rural and Regional News.
Cutting edge research into motor neurone disease begins in Toowoomba
Researchers on the Darling Downs will begin work on cutting-edge techniques to improve the early detection and diagnosis of people with motor neurone disease. The deadly neurodegenerative disease affects nearly 3,000 Australians at any time, and techniques for the early detection of MND remain limited ... The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) machine based in Toowoomba will be the first of its kind to be used for neurology research in Queensland.
Haines bill will strengthen disaster communications
Warning that repeated communications failures in regional areas are putting lives at risk, Member for Indi, Helen Haines, on Monday introduced legislation to improve the resilience of Australia's telecommunications networks during natural disasters. Dr Haines said North-East Victoria has endured successive catastrophic events in recent years including the Black Summer bushfires, major flooding in 2022 and 2023 and the January 2026 bushfires that devastated parts of Indi.
Caught out thanks to Caught in the Current
The launch of Caught in the Current, The Dire Consequences of Politics Driving the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in Barham, celebrated a long-awaited, community-driven historical and factual resource on Australian Water Policy ... The book is explicitly designed as a factual counter-narrative and practical tool for inquiries, libraries, and policy debate.
VFF warns government water buybacks are creating an unfair corporate water market
“It’s no longer a level playing field. Farmers trying to secure water to grow food and sustain communities are competing against taxpayer-funded buybacks and major investment entities with access to massive amounts of capital”: VFF Water Council Chair Andrew Leahy.
Farmers disappointed no commitment on tax thresholds: NFF
Hamish McIntyre. The National Farmers’ Federation is disappointed the Federal Government has introduced its tax reform legislation without explicitly committing to review the outdated small business Capital Gains Tax (CGT) concession thresholds. In introducing the legislation, the Government signalled that this is the first tranche of legislation, with more consultation to come on small business and further legislation required for implementation.
The few funding the fight
I’ve just returned from a two-day National Farmers’ Federation members meeting in Canberra and the mood is dark. It is increasingly clear this Government has little affection for the productive capitalist class and is hunting for revenue, regulation and control from wherever it can extract it.
The Aussie duo quietly transforming how kids learn is going mainstream
This June, beloved “edu-tainers” Pevan & Sarah will make their highly anticipated debut on ABC, taking their proven learning model from classrooms into loungerooms across the country. And in anticipation of the debut, they are taking to the stage around Australia on a national tour.
Federal environmental approval for new solar farm to power 160,000 Queensland homes: Watt
The Albanese Government has given environmental approval to another renewable energy project in Queensland, boosting the state’s energy security. Finalised in just 19 days, Blackbutt’s Tumuruu solar farm and battery energy storage system (BESS) has also been approved by the South Burnett Regional Council.
