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Labor drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan changes to deliver extra environmental water
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The Federal Opposition is drafting Murray-Darling Basin Plan amendments, to guarantee delivery an extra 450 gigalitres of water for the environment.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, agricultural-policy, water, agribusiness, water-management, irrigation, fruit, rice, vegetables, dairy-production, parliament-house-2600, wagga-wagga-2650, renmark-5341, leeton-2705, hay-2711, coleambally-2707, deniliquin-2710, brewarrina-2839, bourke-2840, warren-2824, griffith-2680, mildura-3500, murray-bridge-5253, swan-hill-3585, wodonga-3690, albury-2640
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Leading global scientist fearing the growth of so-called 'anti-science'
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A former UK chief scientist warns that in an era of 'anti-science', politicians are ignoring scientific evidence and making poor policy decisions.
Topics: climate-change, food-and-beverage, genetically-modified-food, greenhouse-gas, electricity-energy-and-utilities, agricultural-policy, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, wagga-wagga-2650, wollongong-2500
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Pint-sized shearer has future mapped out at five Feature
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A five-year-old boy who started shearing his teddies aged two is now shearing lambs and has his future career mapped out.
Topics: wool, rural-youth, rural, human-interest, offbeat, community-and-society, children, family-and-children, culcairn-2660, wagga-wagga-2650
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Worrying Q fever numbers in NSW prompt call for cheaper access
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Pressure mounts for the Q fever vaccine to be subsidised in NSW, amid concerns hundreds of people could be exposed to the potentially deadly disease.
Topics: veterinary-medicine, diseases-and-disorders, livestock, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, tamworth-2340, lismore-2480, wagga-wagga-2650, muswellbrook-2333
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Topics: rural, occupational-health-and-safety, safety-education, wagga-wagga-2650
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Quad bike trainers undergo training in Southern NSW Video
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Quad bike trainers learn how to safely navigate a mound at Wagga Wagga, NSW.
Topics: wagga-wagga-2650
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Topics: rural, health, occupational-health-and-safety, wagga-wagga-2650
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Lack of interest in quad bike training courses sees cancellations
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TAFE teachers cancel quad bike safety courses, due to lack of interest.
Topics: safety-education, rural, wagga-wagga-2650
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Superfine wool under threat as supply dwindles
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Record prices may not be enough to turn around the superfine wool industry.
Topics: wool, bega-2550, armidale-2350, wagga-wagga-2650, cooma-2630
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Topics: food-and-cooking, wagga-wagga-2650
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US will soon be snapping up Aussie croc Feature
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A self-proclaimed female Crocodile Dundee is about to put Australian crocodile on the menu in the United States.
Topics: crocodile, food-and-cooking, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, wagga-wagga-2650, united-states
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Bush Nippers tackle inland water safety as drowning death rate rises
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Bush Nippers from Orange travel to the coast to improve their water safety skills, as rural towns look at ways of reducing an alarming number of deaths on inland waterways this summer.
Topics: safety-education, disasters-and-accidents, orange-2800, wagga-wagga-2650, sydney-2000
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Man murdered by Gino and Mark Stocco 'a gentle giant'
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The family of a man killed by former fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco break down in a Sydney court as they describe the impact of the murder by the father and son, who were on the run from police for eight years.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650
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Why Australia said No to military conscription 100 years ago
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An Albury-based historian looks for answers to why Australia voted no to sending men overseas to fight during the World War I.
Topics: world-war-1, community-and-society, history, history-education, albury-2640, wodonga-3690, lockhart-2656, wagga-wagga-2650
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Baird's legacy in regional NSW: From applause to anger
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Premier Mike Baird's announcement on Thursday that he will retire from politics is being met with mixed reaction by the people of regional New South Wales as Coalition MPs in country seats assess the political landscape amid their leader's exit.
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, local-government, community-and-society, regional, state-parliament, nsw, orange-2800, lismore-2480, port-macquarie-2444, coffs-harbour-2450, broken-hill-2880, muswellbrook-2333, nowra-2541, dubbo-2830, newcastle-2300, wollongong-2500, bega-2550, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650
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Summernats veteran celebrates 30 years with son at 'petrol-head heaven'
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Geoff Waters has entered every Summernats since it began 30 years ago, but as the festival wraps up, he says this year was extra special, entering alongside his 20-year-old son, Matt.
Topics: events, community-and-society, canberra-2600, act, wagga-wagga-2650, nsw
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Fears doctor shortage could wipe out small communities
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There are fears a shortage of doctors in small rural communities could put their survivability in question, with residents travelling away for basic services.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, rural, grenfell-2810, orange-2800, dubbo-2830, wagga-wagga-2650
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NSW Christmas drowning toll climbs to 14
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Three men drown in NSW, on the same day the bodies of two missing swimmers are recovered, bringing the state's Christmas drowning toll to 14.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, missing-person, police, maroubra-2035, sydney-2000, yamba-2464, tahmoor-2573, brighton-le-sands-2216, wagga-wagga-2650, nsw
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Ice drug treatment clinics across NSW help users kick the habit
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"Jack" finds origami and paper art to be an unlikely complement to his counselling in a new treatment program for the drug ice, which is now rolling out across NSW.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-use, health, darlinghurst-2010, mount-druitt-2770, wagga-wagga-2650, goulburn-2580, dubbo-2830, nsw
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NSW parvovirus outbreak underway
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Deadly parvovirus strikes down 158 dogs nationally with hotspots in New South Wales.
Topics: agricultural-policy, veterinary-medicine, diseases-and-disorders, tamworth-2340, wagga-wagga-2650
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Buoyant canola market triggers early interest in 2017 plantings
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With the crop barely off, canola processors are already tipping 2017 as another strong year for the oilseed.
Topics: oilseeds, wagga-wagga-2650
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Ausveg chooses fertiliser executive for top role
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The vegetable lobby group Ausveg chooses a fertiliser executive as its next chief executive.
Topics: vegetables, sydney-2000, wagga-wagga-2650, orange-2800, launceston-7250, werribee-3030, melbourne-3000
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Keeping a lid on Russian wheat aphid
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Russian wheat aphids' damage to grain crops is limited by insecticides and cooler weather.
Topics: grain, pest-management, wagga-wagga-2650
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Deputy Prime Minister backs refugee resettlement in regional Australia
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Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce supports the rollout of more refugee programs in regional areas.
Topics: refugees, regional-development, regional, immigration, armidale-2350, toowoomba-4350, wagga-wagga-2650
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Research investigates India's national obsession with chickpeas
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A researcher looking into how chickpeas are used in India finds consumers on the sub-continent use the pulse in hundreds of ways.
Topics: grain, wagga-wagga-2650
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