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| UpdatedFarmers across Australia make the switch to solar powered irrigation pumps to reduce power costs.
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| UpdatedSalvation Army worker Robert Burnett is sentenced to 18-and-a-half years in jail for sexually abusing seven boys between 1973 and 1999.
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Peak vegetable industry body AUSVEG says the sale of Australia's largest fresh potato supplier should give growers confidence after months of uncertainty.
Topics: vegetables, thorpdale-3835
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AUSVEG calls for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to look at the collapse of Australia's largest potato supplier.
Topics: vegetables, business-economics-and-finance, thorpdale-3835, melbourne-3000, wagga-wagga-2650
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Potato farmers supplying Oakville Produce have reportedly gone unpaid since the company went into voluntary administration.
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Thorpdale resident Les Horsfield wants to reinvigorate his home town in Victoria's Gippsland by actively promoting the area as the site of what was the world's tallest flowering tree. Read more
Topics: rural-tourism, community-development, history, thorpdale-3835
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The president of the Thorpdale Liberal Party branch in south-east Victoria says the party's federal leadership spill could cost it seats at the next election.
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| UpdatedWhile many have questioned the accuracy of Thorpdale's world's tallest tree site, locals stand but the community's claim to fame.
Topics: community-development, history, thorpdale-3835
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Reinvigorating country towns, takes all sorts of ideas. Thorpdale local Les Horsfield, from South Gipppsland, is planting a tree at the site of where the world's tallest flowering tree once grew. He hopes more tourists will visit the area. Read more.
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A flat market has Thorpdale potato growers selling their produce for prices below the cost of production.
Topics: crop-harvesting, vegetables, agribusiness, thorpdale-3835
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Thorpdale potato grower Des Jennings says a slow market, with little demand for potatoes, has delayed harvest. Read more.
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The Thorpdale community has revived its annual potato festival after a 12-year break to raise funds for local community groups. Read more
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, community-organisations, vegetables, thorpdale-3835
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| UpdatedPotato farmers in south-east Victoria are missing out on profits as potatoes lie in paddocks, waiting for demand to pick up so they can be harvested.
Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, thorpdale-3835
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Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, thorpdale-3835
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Topics: vegetables, agricultural-crops, agricultural-prices, agricultural-marketing, thorpdale-3835
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| UpdatedOne of Australia's great potato regions is trying to spark a come-back by reviving the Thorpdale potato festival.
Topics: rural, community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-organisations, community-development, vegetables, thorpdale-3835
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