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Rural News March 28

Coronavirus crisis: Dairy processors switch from cafes to supermarkets while China offers green shoots of recovery in the seafood export sector - just need a plane!




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Country Breakfast Features Sat 28

This week we find out how COVID-19 is affecting the highly mobile force of international backpackers; dive deeper on the price hikes for fruit and veg; and give a round of applause to businesses changing what they do to help fight the disease.




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Level 42 - Level 42

A debut both understated and triumphant the same time.




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Lives After Hate, part 2

The story of one man's slide into the white supremacist movement in Canada, and the aftermath. How do we deal with those who've engaged in the politics of hate when they decide to walk away from it?



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270km flights to buy bread, $15,000 shopping bills are just facts of life on a remote Australian cattle station

Flying a light plane to pick up bread from the local bakery is not something most Australians can relate to, but it is the unique reality for some who call Central Australia home.




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A Barcoo Independent newspaper clipping describes a fire at Bonnie Doon, outside Blackall, November 29, 1940




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Officials measure a world-record attempt for a line of motorhomes in Barcladine, May 26, 2019




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A Guinness World Record-breaking parade of camping vehicles outside Barcaldine, May 26, 2019




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Meth seized, 12 arrested after drug busts in Manjimup

Police seize $250,000 worth of methamphetamine after raiding several homes and businesses in Western Australia's South West.





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Dry-aged beef from 12-year-old cows a tender hit with high-end chefs

Most beef you eat comes from around two-year-old cattle, but some farmers are singing the praises of dry-aged beef from what they call "vintage" cows.




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  • Australia:VIC:Halls Gap 3381



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The Expendables 2

Stallone and his crew of aging macho stars return for another lumbering, if somewhat entertaining, exercise in heavy action and disposable one-liners.




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Fonterra dairy company reports $562m loss, says future strategy centres on New Zealand

Fonterra has announced a loss of more than half a billion dollars and called on its Australian business to "stand on its own two feet" as the dairy company shifts its focus to its New Zealand operations.




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Queensland Budget 2019: Extra taxes flagged for big business as State Government puts jobs on the agenda

Big business is set to be hit with hundreds of millions of dollars in extra taxes and royalties as the Palaszczuk Government seeks to tap the top end of town to deliver payroll tax relief to small- and medium-sized businesses, in the hope of boosting jobs particularly in regional Queensland.




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Man in custody after alleged carjacking, stabbing and 200km police pursuit

A man who allegedly stabbed a woman in the hand and stole two cars is shot by police on the Bruce Highway on the Sunshine Coast, and is taken from the scene in an ambulance.





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Jesse James petition signed by thousands calls for tougher sentence over 'sickening bashing' of 2yo girl

Almost 11,000 people sign an online petition demanding the Director of Public Prosecutions appeal the sentence of a Maryborough man who bashed a two-year-old girl, leaving her with a broken back in 2017, with the Queensland Opposition calling on the Palaszczuk Government to act immediately.




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Bundaberg's Paradise Dam capacity to be reduced to 42pc despite drought

Farmers in the drought-declared Bundaberg region are angry 105,000 megalitres of water will be released from Paradise Dam, saying it will go to waste at a time when water availability is so critical.




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The other Latif is detainee 244 in Guantanamo Bay

Radiolab reporter Latif Nasser has explored the plight of his namesake, Abdul Latif Nasser, who has been held in the Guantanamo Bay prison since 2002.




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The Year that Made Me: Oliver Percovich, 2008

In 2007 Oliver Percovich followed his then-girlfriend to Kabul Afghanistan. To keep himself entertained he rode his skateboard around the city, attracting the attention of curious local kids. 




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Easter 2020 in New York

There won't be an Easter parade down Fifth Avenue in New York this year, as the Big Apple suffers through the COVID 19 pandemic, with 8,000 deaths and counting.




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The 1952 Copenhagen polio epidemic and invention of the ICU

How a little-known polio epidemic in Denmark led to the birth of the intensive care unit and the remarkable feat of heath care ingenuity that saved hundreds of lives.




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This podcast retraces the footsteps of a WW2 prisoner of war

From a whisper to a bang! is a six-part podcast series about war, remembrance and Australian prisoners of war in Germany during the Second World War




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Geelong makes AFL preliminary final after beating West Coast Eagles by 20 points at MCG

Geelong will face Richmond for a spot in the AFL grand final after surviving a West Coast comeback to prevail by 20 points at the MCG, leaving the Eagles to reflect on the end of their premiership defence.




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Perth notches hottest September on record, driest in 42 years as weather warms up

Forecasters are predicting more hot weather to come after the city recorded an average maximum temperature 2.6C higher than normal and received less than half its average rainfall for the month.




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Geelong Cats star Tim Kelly requests AFL trade to West Coast Eagles for 2020 season

Tim Kelly confirms what Geelong supporters have feared for some time, a trade request to join the West Coast Eagles for the 2020 AFL season.




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Perth storm knocks out power to 25,000 homes as 100kph winds buffet city

More than 25,000 homes are without power across Perth as a strong spring storm bringing wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour knocks trees and branches onto powerlines and turns off traffic lights across the city.





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Mobile phones to be banned in WA public schools from 2020 under McGowan Government move

The WA Government will ban students from using mobile phones, smart watches and tablets in all public schools from 2020 in a major push to reduce distraction and focus on learning.




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WA Liberals move to full campaign mode to avert repeat of 2017 election bloodbath

More than 900 days after being wiped out in the polls, the WA Liberal Party's rebuild is hitting a critical juncture, writes Jacob Kagi.



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  • Australia:WA:Perth 6000


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Korean Natural Farming IMO 2



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  • Sustainable and Alternative Farming



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1929 Revisited

After a month of almost unprecedented drama on global financial markets due to the spread of the Coronavirus, Rear Vision revisits the 1920s and the events that led to the stock market crash of 1929.




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The 2011 Northern Rivers Portrait Prize and Salon Des Refuses at the Serpentine Gallery

ABC North Coast resident arts reviewer, Jeanti St Clair looks at the Northern Rivers Portrait Prize.




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The town of Lucindale is expecting more than 20,000 people for the One Night Stand concert



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Mount Gambier Zombie Walks 2019



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  • southeastsa
  • Australia:SA:Mount Gambier 5290


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Mehmed Solmaz jailed for 25 years for killing ex-wife Fatma Solmaz after fight over heater

A Melbourne man who killed his former wife with an electrical cord and then fled to Queensland is jailed for 25 years for what the judge described as a crime of "extravagant drawn-out violence".




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Pink Ladies Day 2019 hosted 750 women in the middle-of-nowhere town of Weengallon.




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A committee of volunteers has been running the annual Weengallon Pink Ladies Day for the past 20 years.




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Bought and sold 20 times, but no-one's slave: Hayfa Adi's story

Hayfa Adi was abducted by Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, held for more than two years and repeatedly raped, beaten and traded like livestock. Now living in Australia, she is trying to find out what happened to her husband.



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Student climate striker Ariel Ehlers, 12, goes it alone in Chinchilla, a hotbed of coal and gas

A Year 6 student who lives in a town surrounded by mines and CSG wells demonstrated by herself during last week's climate strike. But the reaction to her protest proved she was anything but alone.




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Commonwealth Games: Matilda enjoys the quiet life after shining in spotlight as 1982 mascot

Like anyone at the end of their working life, when Matilda the Commonwealth Games mascot retired she had one thing in mind travel. Curious Brisbane tracks her adventures these past 36 years, and reveals where she can be found today.




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Dog lost on the Birdsville track 200km from anywhere reunited with owner at the Big Red Bash

Pip the dog was found wandering alone on the Birdsville Track, but a series of lucky breaks have led her to be reunited with her owner more than 220km away.