Landline reporter Fiona Breen is probably best known for her reports from some of Tasmania's most remote spots.
She's camped in the State's rugged South West waiting for a glimpse of the rare Orange Bellied Parrot, searched for fossils in the Central Highlands and joined fishermen working in Bass Strait.
Her favourite assignment for the ABC has been on Macquarie island, halfway between Tasmania and the Antarctic.
Fiona spent a week on the World Heritage Listed island walking nearly it's length reporting on a team of hunters and dog handlers involved in a multimillion dollar pest eradication program.
Fiona has worked for the ABC in Hobart, Launceston, Burnie and Canberra, she also spent about eight years working in commercial television in Sydney.
A lover of the outdoors she was drawn back to her home state by the perfect combination of a great lifestyle and a senior reporting role in the ABC's Hobart newsroom.
In her spare time she loves to get outside biking, bushwalking or snorkelling with family and friends.
Tiny technology making it easier to track Antarctic penguins
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New technology is giving Australian scientists an unprecedented insight into the hidden world of seabirds in the harsh and inhospitable Antarctic environment.
Topics: birds, animal-science, climate-change, antarctica
Meet the 'king' of Badger Island
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Meet 91-year-old Alf Stackhouse — a legendary farmer, sailor, former pilot and the master of his own island paradise Badgers Island.
Topics: rural, farm-labour, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, wool, human-interest, flinders-island-7255, cape-barren-island-7257, tas
Maremma sheepdogs guarding endangered marsupials back into existence
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In an unlikely alliance between two animals from different parts of the world, one dog species is guarding an endangered native marsupial back into existence in the wild on mainland Australia.
Topics: rural, regional, environment, animals, zoos, endangered-and-protected-species, conservation, werribee-3030, skipton-3361, vic, tas
European fabric manufacturers offer exclusive contracts for super fine wool
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To combat the drift away from wool production in Australia, European luxury fabric makers have set up Wool Excellence Clubs, rewarding what they say are the very best Australian wool producers with top prices.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, wool, sheep-production, australia
Calls to ban imported shotgun after farmer left a 'broken man'
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Lloyd Polkinghorne was left brain-damaged when his semi-automatic shotgun misfired. Now, he and fellow rice farmers want the imported weapon banned from sale in Australia.
Topics: farm-labour, rice, accidents, vic
'What now?': Regional greyhound trainers count cost of racing ban
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Regional communities in New South Wales are starting to count the cost of the proposed ban on greyhound racing, with some trainers banding together to fight the changes amid uncertain times.
Topics: animal-welfare, law-crime-and-justice, federal---state-issues, wagga-wagga-2650
Craft beer boom brews expansion for Australian hop farmers
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Australia's insatiable taste for craft beer is spurring on an expansion for the country's biggest hop grower, as new varieties are developed and planted to create aromatic, flavoursome brews.
Topics: rural, agricultural-crops, hospitality, human-interest, tas, eurobin-3739, new-norfolk-7140, westerway-7140
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