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18 Sep 2008 | Pineapples in demand
Pineapple producer Bethonga Whole Foods said it aims to send one million trays of its Bethonga Gold pineapples to market by 2012. The number of contracted Bethonga Gold growers will rise from 10 to 13. ...... FULL STORY
30 Jul 2008 | Truck strike worries F&V retailers
Regional retailers are concerned about where their next delivery from fruit and vegetable markets will come from if truck drivers and companies heed the call of the National Road Transport Forum (NRTF) and The Australian Long Distance Owners... ...... FULL STORY
16 May 2008 | Queensland firies struggling
Poor management, training and the age of volunteers means that the Queensland Rural Fire Service is at risk of becoming unsustainable. ...... FULL STORY
1 May 2008 | Rural doctor program needs health check
Incentives to encourage doctors to move to rural and remote areas have failed. ...... FULL STORY
27 Mar 2008 | Our shrinking small towns
Small towns in rural Australia are struggling to survive in tough drought conditions with one demographer estimating that five towns slip below a population of 200 each year - below this point towns are considered "lost" or ghost towns. ...... FULL STORY
4 Mar 2008 | Wudinna gets a visit from the doctor
Located 569 kilometres northwest of Adelaide, the town of Wudinna has just got its first permanent doctor in three years. ...... FULL STORY
15 Jan 2008 | NAB rewrites indigenous loan rules
The National Australia Bank has had to change the way it lends to people in remote indigenous communities after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found that many borrowers did not understand the arrangements... ...... FULL STORY
14 Jan 2008 | Drought for churches too
A shortage of the clergy in rural areas means that 45 per cent of rural church leaders are managing three or more congregations. ...... FULL STORY
11 Jan 2008 | Acid on Murray mudflats
Residents around the River Murray mudflats are being warned of dangerous acid forming as the mud dries out. ...... FULL STORY
19 Dec 2007 | Goulburn dam relieved
After three years of the tightest water restrictions in the country the dams around Goulburn are more than half full. ...... FULL STORY
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