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Franklin egg farmer Celia Leverton says an old horse float and a former ice cream van are being used for their hens to produce pastured eggs.
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| UpdatedWhen Donna Campagnolo's parents imported the first pepper plants into Australia in the 1970s, everything was done by hand.
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The population of Australia's smallest town increases from zero to 200 for the fifth annual Channel Country Ladies day.
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Two women from central-west NSW embark on a year-long project to change perceptions about what farmers look like — and it's not an old guy with a pitchfork.
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| UpdatedFederal Government minister Sussan Ley defends proposal to introduce a lifetime ban on asylum seekers and refugees on Q&A.
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Delegates at this year's annual gathering for women from rural and regional New South Wales say the event has helped to empower and connect them.
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| UpdatedThe Queensland Country Women's Association votes to open its doors to men but says it will not be changing its name.
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Catering for 600 women from a small country hall is just one challenge faced by organisers of Weengallon's popular Pink Ladies Day.
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Catering for 600 from a small kitchen in a country hall? It's not a problem for Lisa Southern and the rest of the catering crew at the Weengallon ladies day. Read more
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Bec Bovell didn't have any experience in growing mushrooms, but that didn't stop her setting up a business growing specialty or forest mushrooms for the Tasmanian market. Read more
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A proposal to let men join the Country Women's Association as supporters is considered by the organisation's Queensland branch.
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Joy McClymont says she never expected her personal training business to take off as quickly as it did from her family's remote property, Dalkeith station in western Queensland.
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A personal trainer working from a remote property in Queensland has won a national award, proving isolation is no barrier to success.
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Shearing is already a way of life for 19-year-old Tarryn Gray, one of a growing number of female shearers found in the sheds of Western Australia.
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