Farming and Environment
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Fruit fly action needed now
A WET spring and mild start to summer has been a boon for home gardeners – but they are being urged not to forget about…
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Coles and unions back push for improved worker housing
UNION groups and Coles have called for enforceable, standardised housing standards to protect horticulture workers ahead of further arrivals in the new year. Four union…
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Tap water safe to drink, but colour may change
COMMUNITIES upstream on the Murray River have begun to see brown water come out of their taps because of discoloured floodwaters. The phenomenon has prompted…
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Decline in number of ‘stressed’ fish
WEEKS after starting search efforts to retrieve stressed fish in the deoxygenated waters of the Murray River, rescue teams hope a decline in sightings means…
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Migrant worker exploitation ‘rife’
THE exploitation of migrant workers post-COVID remains endemic with more than 60 per cent of job advertisements in eight audited industries offering illegal rates of…
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Plague locust numbers on rise
AUSTRALIAN plague locust numbers are expected to increase across the Mallee in coming weeks. Agriculture Victoria said there had been medium to high densities of…
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Nervous wait for flood-hit growers
GROWERS with inundated vineyards face a nervous couple of weeks as they wait for floodwaters to recede so they can check for diseases. Vineyards producing…
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Put fishing on hold
SUNRAYSIA’S fishing community has been urged to avoid taking fish from the Murray River for the next month due to the threat of contaminated waters.…
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Keeping the prosecco name
THE hottest drop in the Australian wine industry might be forced to change its name if Italian grape growers and winemakers get their way. With…
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‘Line in the sand’ for water recovery
MURRAY-Darling Basin water ministers must “draw a line in the sand” and return water by “proven methods”, says the chief executive of Environment Victoria, after…
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Mallee bait program to stop wild dogs
MALLEE Landcare Group are working collaboratively with government agencies on the region’s first wild dog baiting program for both private and public land. Farmers from…
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Parties fail farmers’ Victorian state election test
THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has slammed both major parties for lacklustre commitments during the state election campaign. Victoria’s peak farming body revealed its scorecard…
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