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- The federal government is under pressure to deliver billions of dollars in drought assistance to farmers. "Summerville", a farm established near Hobart in 1808 has been farmed continuously by seven generations of the same family.
- The Royal Flying Doctor Service came about under the guidance of the visionary John Flynn. Dr Flynn's combination of medicine, aviation and communication, helped overcome the tyranny of isolation for the people of the Outback. John Flynn's legacy grows stronger each year. But one part of his heralded life remains virtually forgotten. Dr Flynn was an avid photographer and his photographs played a crucial role in realising his dream.
- A program to cap thousands of free-flowing bores in the Great Artesian Basin will continue to be funded for another five years. But the skyrocketing cost of oil and the drought may impact on the program.
- Australian company Regenesis has chosen the Byron Shire to develop its ideas on whole systems farming, with the emphasis on sustainability, but not everyone shares the company's vision.
- Here in Australia that theory about a possible connection between the bones from the sub-continent and BSE in humans has been met with some scepticism.
- The buffalo industry has been renowned for producing quality meat, but now buffalo milk is making its mark in the dairy industry. A dairy farmer in far north Queensland has teamed up with a family of Italian cheesemakers to produce award winning buffalo cheese. While the industry has been thriving overseas, it's still in its early stages in Australia.
- Four years ago the Queensland country town of Warwick hosted the first ever Polocrosse World Cup. The event was a huge success, and since then the Australian-invented horse sport has boomed both here and overseas. Last week the world's best polocrosse players and horses fought for the coveted trophy, with the Australians showing yet again they are the best in the world.
- Conscientious consumers, ethical eaters, credence or virtue purchasers, call them what you will but there's no denying they're an increasingly important group of Australians influencing what we eat, how it's produced and delivered to market. Ethical eating is a trend that's even more advanced in some of the nation's key export markets.
- The Federal Agriculture Minister Tony Burke spoke to Anne Kruger about the Rural Champions Volunteer program that aims to bridge the city-country divide. Farmers from across Queensland have volunteered to champion the food and fibre industries to school children in the city and the country, promote the positive environmental, social and economic spin-offs from agribusiness as well as opportunities for employment in the bush.
- Aboriginal stockmen astride Australian stockhorses used to be the backbone of the outback pastoral industry. Unfortunately, following the walk-offs in the '60s, employment opportunities for both dried up. As Tim Lee found however, stockhorses are staging a comeback on some of the country's biggest spreads, and young Indigenous stockmen are climbing back into the saddle.
- A year ago scientists unveiled an ambitious project to save thousands of crop species threatened by climate change. One of the driving forces behind the global seed bank, Dr Cary Fowler has been back in Australia this week for talks with some of the major supporters of the project.
- Chelsea and Lola find themselves stranded in the middle of the bush after a breakdown. Things get worse as a hit-man picks up their trail.
- Once a year in Australia, the sunflowers are in bloom! This visually spectacular experience takes us deep into south west Queensland on the hunt to find these vast fields covered in the brightest yellow sunflowers! Along the way we discover another unique outback Aussie town..