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COUNTRY LIFE IN AUSTRALIA NOW HAS A NEW PRESENCE Posted by Henry Sapiecha in AGRICULTURE, ANIMALS & STOCK, ARTICLES STORIES, BOOKS MAGS PUBLICATIONS, BUSINESSES SELF EMPLOYMENT, COMICS CARTOONS JOKES, COMMUNICATIONS, COUNTRY ...
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Live exports regulator weeps while detailing conditions that led to 2,400 sheep deaths

The assistant secretary of the agriculture department, Narelle Clegg, breaks down while describing ‘dreadful’ footage Narelle Clegg was questioned about how the agricultural department conducted investigations following a mass death event ...
May 24th, 2018
Topic: CRUELTY TORTURE, DEATHS, DEATHS GRIEF MOURNING, GOVERNMENT, IMPORT EXPORT, INVESTIGATIONS, LIVE EXPORTS, SALES IMPORT EXPORT, Sheep, STATES COUNTRIES, TRANSPORT SHIPPING AVIATION Tags: exporting sheep deaths, live export sheep deaths, sheep export deaths

Superannuation fund investment in agriculture Australian Federal Government

The House Standing Committee on Agriculture and Water Resources today launched a new inquiry into the barriers to increased investment in Australia’s agriculture sector by superannuation funds, and called for ...
May 24th, 2018
Topic: AGRICULTURE, GOVERNMENT, WATER & IRRIGATION Tags: aust fed gove water resource meetings, australian water resources

The NSW government is about to decide who will run one of most ambitious environmental projects that have come out of the Murray-Darling basin plan.

If successful, the rehabilitation of the Nimmie-Caira property could result in the restoration of the largest wetlands on the Murrumbidgee river. It would create a sanctuary for wild life ...
May 13th, 2018
Topic: Cotton, FARM PROPERTIES, Nsw, Victoria, WATER & IRRIGATION Tags: largest wetlands on the Murrumbidgee river., the Murrumbidgee river. water catchment, water & the Nimmie-Caira property, where is the Murrumbidgee river., where is the Nimmie-Caira property, who controls the Murrumbidgee river.

Wild-caught Queensland prawns, bugs and scallops are off the menu because of unsustainable fishing practices

Wild-caught Queensland prawns, bugs and scallops are off the menu, according to conservationists warning about unsustainable fishing practices. The shellfish varieties have all been downgraded to a red rating in ...
May 13th, 2018
Topic: FARMING, Queensland, SEALIFE FISHING, SMART FARMING Tags: farmed fish in australia from now on, farming seafood in qld australia, no wild seafood from qld