All posts tagged "environment"

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  News and Views

  Invasive species and habitat loss our biggest biodiversity threats

  A desire to avoid more extinctions is one of the drivers behind new research by the Threatened Species Recovery Hub which has...

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  News and Views

  Banning fracking, protecting farmers and supporting jobs

  Work to enshrine the Victorian Government’s historic ban on fracking in the Constitution of Victoria has begun.

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  Farm Management

  Central Tablelands Local Land Services working to help smaller farms

  Central Tablelands Local Land Services recognises this is a highly diverse agricultural region. Many landholders live away from their farm, are new...

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  News and Views

  QFF welcomes farm compost exemption

  Queensland farmers can continue using composts and other organic products on farm following continued advocacy by the Queensland Farmers’ Federation (QFF) and...

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  Rural

  Opportunity for landholders to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control

  Western Local Land Services is calling for applications from landholders who wish to receive funding to carry out soil erosion control works...

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  Must See

  Affluent effluent possible for piggeries

  About 16 per cent of the manure effluent of the Australian pig herd is now directed to biogas systems, equating to 29...

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  News and Views

  Celebrating Australia’s Landcare community

  Australia’s Landcare champions will be celebrated, at the National Landcare awards.

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  News and Views

  Southern Australia Seasonal Bushfire Outlook 2018

  With much of southern Australia experiencing a combination of above average temperatures and below average rainfall in 2018, large parts of the...

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  News and Views

  Spotlight on domestic boating biosecurity

  ABARES has released the Recreational boat operators’ self-management of biofouling in Australia report, providing an overview of current biofouling practices by boat...

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  News and Views

  There’s no excuse for misuse when spraying

  The NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is reminding landholders and contractors to use herbicides responsibly to avoid spray drift which can damage...