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Christine Glassford from the Goulburn-Broken Catchment Management Authority explains the crowdfunding project for the Macquarie Perch.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedThe Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority launches a crowdfunding campaign to improve environment for the threatened Macquarie perch.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rivers, shepparton-3630, yea-3717
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Dairy code deal close, John McQueen from Australian Dairy Farmers
Topics: dairy-production, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedFarmers and processors are close to sealing a deal for a code of conduct on milk price contracts, with all but fresh milk giant Lion having indicated they are prepared to sign.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-policy, agricultural-subsidies, agribusiness, food-processing, shepparton-3630, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTopics: fishing-aquaculture, fish, shepparton-3630
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Horticulture growers and traders will be able to employ an expert mediator in a new fast, efficient and flexible dispute resolution process.
Topics: agricultural-prices, fruit, vegetables, sydney-2000, launceston-7250, gawler-5118, margaret-river-6285, katherine-0850, orange-2800, bundaberg-4670, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedEver wondered what it would be like to swap the rat race for a quieter country life? Meet the tree changers.
Topics: community-and-society, regional, human-interest, lifestyle-and-leisure, lifestyle, australia, orange-2800, new-norfolk-7140, elliott-7325, hynam-5262, natimuk-3409, mildura-3500, kyneton-3444, shepparton-3630, bellingen-2454, coffs-harbour-2450, stanthorpe-4380, mackay-4740, wiluna-6646, alice-springs-0870
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Vodafone says Telstra should stop getting subsidies for fixed line services.
Topics: telecommunications, internet-technology, mobile-phones, rural-tourism, sydney-2000, shepparton-3630, cairns-4870, molong-2866
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Murray Goulburn suppliers describe the threats of legal action from the company.
Topics: dairy-production, shepparton-3630
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Murray Goulburn threatens suppliers with legal action if they move their supply to another company.
Topics: dairy-production, food-processing, shepparton-3630, katunga-3640, gunbower-3566, sale-3850, warrnambool-3280, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedDairy groups want regulators to act swiftly to enable the industry to move on from the price crisis that continues to affect farmers.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, shepparton-3630, melbourne-3000
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Jo Bills from FreshAgenda talks world dairy markets
Topics: dairy-production, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedDespite a stalling world market, Australian dairy farmers are being told that their milk price will improve next season.
Topics: dairy-production, agricultural-prices, livestock, shepparton-3630
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Scott Cameron from Madec explains why fruit pickers are hard to come by in Victoria's Goulburn Valley as a labour shortage bites.
Topics: farm-labour, fruits, fruit, shepparton-3630, ardmona-3629
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's largest fruit growing regions is on the brink of a labour shortage at its most critical time during harvest.
Topics: fruit, fruits, farm-labour, work, shepparton-3630, ardmona-3629, mooroopna-3629, cobram-3644
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Topics: fruits, farm-labour, shepparton-3630
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| UpdatedA labour hire company is fined $60,000 after an Irish backpacker was scalped after she got her hair caught in a conveyor belt in a pear packing shed at Shepparton in Victoria's north.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, workplace, shepparton-3630
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Independent Member for Indi, Cathy McGowan wants more done for the dairy industry
Topics: dairy-production, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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Indi MP Cathy McGowan says the government is distracted with dollar a litre milk, rather then resolving the immediate financial woes farmers were dealing with.
Topics: dairy-production, livestock, agricultural-subsidies, community-development, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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| UpdatedAuthorities warn the public to be on alert for Ross River virus after heavy spring rains lead to higher-than-average numbers of mosquitos in Victoria.
Topics: ross-river-fever, diseases-and-disorders, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, weather, mildura-3500, echuca-3564, shepparton-3630, wodonga-3690
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New Zealand dairy farmers in Australia can't access the help they need to survive
Topics: dairy-production, livestock, agricultural-policy, agricultural-subsidies, shepparton-3630, yarroweyah-3644, parliament-house-2600, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedTopics: dairy-production, agribusiness, shepparton-3630, congupna-3633, yarroweyah-3644
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Topics: rural-media, shepparton-3630
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Topics: sustainable-and-alternative-farming, environmentally-sustainable-business, coal, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, shepparton-3630, germany
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Vino Vidjearadjou is back on the cricket field after suffering a heart attack two years ago that resulted in a heart transplant.
Topics: cricket, heart-disease, community-and-society, shepparton-3630