Eight decades after their death, two Australian soldiers are helping advance an unlikely industry
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In the last days of 1943 a brave young Australian soldier, whose family played an influential role developing Australia's irrigation industries, lost his life trying to save wounded comrades in the mountains of Papua New Guinea.  ..read more
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Copper smelter workers badly burnt at Mount Isa Mines site
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Two men are in critical conditions after suffering significant burns at an outback Queensland mine site when a steam vent opened neto where they were working ..read more
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Vanuatu is importing its own foreign workers as labourers move to Australia and NZ for higher pay
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Pacific Island nations are looking abroad for workers, and taking control of labour mobility schemes at home, as they look to address labour shortages hitting employers. But experts say it's too early to say whether they're succeeding ..read more
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Analysis:An unlikely marriage brought down the climate plan of Australia's biggest oil and gas company. It's already on the rocks
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Climate activists want Woodside leaders to feel some consequence for what they say the company is inflicting on the world, but investor activists have a slightly different point of view.  ..read more
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Leaders urged to call out racism, false claims in heated WA marine park debate
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Debate around the proposed South Coast Marine Park has sparked a swell of negative attitudes towards Indigenous people, with local leaders urged to do more to call it out.  ..read more
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Outback blogger's creative outlet away from farm life strikes chord with foodies
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What started as blog posts centred around her thoughts, recipes and life on a remote sheep station more than a decade ago has become a popular creative outlet for Jane Smith ..read more
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Lawyer ditches concrete jungle to fix fences in the outback
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1w ago
A sharp tongue and a quick wit saw Sarah Marsden climb the corporate ladder at speed until a gap year on an outback station convinced her to cast aside life in the big city.  ..read more
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Bushfire-ravaged cattle stations come alive with green grass, water and wildlife after record rain
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Some cattle stations around Tennant Creek have received close to 1,000 millimetres of rain so far this year, creating a "beautiful and green" landscape.  ..read more
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Beloved Victor Harbor horse dies after falling ill with Ross River virus, operator says
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One of the beloved Clydesdale horses of South Australia's tram to Granite Island – the last horse-drawn tram in Australia – has died after being infected with Ross River virus, the operator says ..read more
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Four years after COVID shuttered borders, millions of international tourists are nowhere to be seen
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 and the Specialist Reporting Team's The return of international tourists to Australia appears to be stalling, with numbers almost 30 per cent down on 2019. So how do we get them back ..read more
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