Outdoor life comes at a price for farmers as they face a greater risk of skin cancer
Living your best outdoor life could be putting you at risk of the "national cancer", health workers warn. Here's why annual checks should be part of everybody's beauty routine.
How these brothers turned a modest family farm into an agricultural empire, changing the future for rural families
Mick and Ben Hewitt often do business in boardrooms, but it is clear the brothers are truly content in the dust and dirt.
Goldfields miners sniff an opportunity in the wind
The state's resource-rich Goldfields region has been swept up in the global push to renewable energy, with billions in mining investment driving the development of six wind farms.
'Here we are': science teacher finds passion for pig farming
After decades of teaching high school science, Mr Cox decided to drop a couple of days at his local school and instead turn his hand to free-range pig farming.
Farmers vow to lock their gates against 'once-in-a-generation' power project
Some are cheering the extra income from a proposed renewable energy transmission line, while others are vowing to lock their gates against electricity provider Transgrid.
'I had nothing left in the tank': How border collie Ash Barky helped propel a new mum onto 'beautiful things'
Cilla Pershouse admits she "lost her sense of self" after the birth of her third child, but help came in the unexpected form of a new colleague at her farm - a border collie puppy named Ash Barky.
Shire investigates new holding yard after 'frustrating' trespassing cattle case
A $19,000, three-month process to move more than 60 trespassing cattle in the Shire of Capel ends with officials considering a future livestock impounding facility.
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Town's decade-long labour of love restores 131-year-old butter factory to former glory in SA
Thousands of donated hours, countless sausage sizzles and a donation to assuage a former scout's conscience over a stolen cheese wheel, have breathed new life into this historic South Australian butter factory.
Red versus blue: Why the right gum tree matters in a healthy wetland
Most of the 1,000 different eucalyptus tree varieties are native to Australia but not all belong in a pristine wetland.
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Police allegedly seize more than 1,100 illegal cigarette packets from Mansfield store
Victoria Police allege investigators also found drug paraphernalia and $10,000 in cash when they executed a search warrant.
WA farmers at odds over potential for wind turbines on prime agricultural land
State-owned energy provider Synergy is looking at setting up a wind farm south-east of Margaret River, and is reaching out to landholders to put turbines on their properties.
Maree and 18 others are banned from 12 per cent of Tasmania. They say it's unconstitutional
Tasmania's native forestry estate covers 812,000 hectares, including walking and biking trails, but 19 people have been given indefinite bans from entering any of it. The move is facing a constitutional challenge.
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Police allegedly seize more than 1,100 illegal cigarette packets from Mansfield store
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NT banana farm expansion
The NT's largest banana farm is expanding, with an aim of producing 100 per cent of the Top End's banana needs.
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Rise in extreme weather events putting huge strain on food charities helping struggling families
Food charities helping struggling families put food on the table can no longer rely on excess produce being available as farmers count their own cost of extreme weather events.
'I want to grow over one trillion sunflowers': Young farmer aims high with new roadside venture
Charlie Smith spent his school holidays growing sunflowers with his dad on their Manjimup farm in WA's South West and has big aspirations for his little business.
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