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[Link] War on viruses over for Victoria's sentinel chickens after decades of bloody service
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
For almost 50 years, flocks of sentinel chickens along the Murray River have formed the front line of defence against mosquito-borne viruses.
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[Link] Farmers 'cautiously joyous' after Queensland food bowl is deemed no place for 'big, dirty coal mine'
Read: 7/11/2021 www.abc.net.au
Resources Minister Scott Stewart has delivered a preliminary review that says coal exploration north of Bundaberg is not in the public interest. It comes after the company Fox Resources applied for a mineral development licence (MDL) between Moore Park Beach and Avondale.
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[Link] ‘You may bring shame to your family’: Australia launches campaign to stop seasonal farm workers absconding
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
The Australian government has launched an aggressive campaign to prevent Pacific Islander farm workers from fleeing their jobs as new figures reveal more than 1,000 seasonal pickers absconded in the past year.
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[Link] Cracks in food system driven by year-round hunger for fresh produce begin to show
Read: 6/11/2021 www.theguardian.com
As you consider your Christmas table – a bowl of cherries, a plump roasted bird and the cream on your pudding, you may spare a thought for the way the food gets to your table. Because three things this week signal cracks in our food production systems.
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[Link] Australia's largest movement of livestock underway as beehives choppered in to pollinate almond trees
Read: 8/8/2021 www.abc.net.au
Beekeepers are going to great lengths to ensure that the almond pollination season in north-west Victoria is a blooming success this year. More than 277,000 hives are being transported to the region from across Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
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[Link] 'Mental health is deteriorating': Farmers beg for exemption for overseas harvest workers
Read: 8/7/2021 www.abc.net.au
For the second year in a row COVID-19 is causing headaches for grain farmers, who are begging the Federal and state governments to allow them to bring in overseas machinery drivers for this year's harvest.
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