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Health is part of harvest
IF you want a serve of fresh fruit or vegetables, the students at Nangiloc Colignan & District Primary School will spoil you for choice.A community…
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FARMING: Pledge for more women leaders
IN what has been described as a “watershed moment”, 11 leading agricultural bodies have pledged to ensure more women take on leadership roles within their…
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FARMING: ‘Smart’ tech for growers
GRAPEGROWERS have more tools to manage grape quality through the delivery of an improved powdery mildew assessment application, PMapp, and a new application, Grape Assess,…
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FARMING: Disease breakthrough
RESEARCHERS at the Centre for Crop and Disease Management (CCDM) have developed new genetic resources with the aim of better understanding the damaging yellow spot…
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Lower-Darling grower slams floodplains proposal: Worse than theft
ALLOWING farmers in northern NSW to harvest water with illegally-built earthworks has a greater impact on the Darling River’s health than water theft, according to…
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Fun side of learning
WHEN prospective students picture life at university, they not only want to gain a degree, but to enjoy the complete university experience.So after identifying how few…
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Water meters ‘a flaw in system’
FAILURE to install and maintain water meters is a bigger issue in the Barwon-Darling region than anywhere else in NSW, according to the state’s latest…
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FARMING: Help here for farmers
FARMERS across the country in financial hardship or drought will benefit from about $20 million in additional funding to extend the Rural Financial Counselling Service…
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New childcare subsidy system adds red tape
Parents might find themselves stressed and tangled in more childcare red tape when changes to subsidies come in next month, childcare groups believe.A new single-test…
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Acting on racism
IT’S the duty of each of us to maintain and strengthen tolerance towards diversity in our multicultural community.That’s the view of Aboriginal man Anthony Murray,…
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An act of bravery
SOUTH Australia’s Darrell Tree has attended the local Australian Bravery Association (ABA) gathering for the past seven years, and has quite the story to tell. He…
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A harmonious surprise
LONG-TIME music teacher Vaughan Stirrat had a pleasant surprise last week, when the 2018 Vaughan and Roger Stirrat Perpetual Award winners performed at her residence,…
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