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- In a self-destructing world, a vengeful Australian policeman sets out to stop a violent motorcycle gang.
- A quirky take on life and relationships that looks at a fairy tale with a bit of a squint and an endearing look at what being in love really means.
- A group of young surfers try to foil a gang of drug-smugglers.
- A young girl finds a seashell and holds it to her ear, expecting to hear peaceful ocean waves. Instead she hears Mother Nature's disappointing son, who's filling in for his busy mother.
- An aspiring film maker and a happy but introvert girl meet each other during an arranged marriage blind date but horoscope issues and family issues keep them apart though they love each other.
- A father and his seven year old son, who is chronically ill, go tracking into the heart of a forest in search for a magical healing bird.
- A teenage girl's skeleton is found in the Aireys Inlet sandhills, with no clue to her identity.
- To the sometimes prickly issue of housing encroaching on farm country. We've all heard about diminishing country towns but what about the reverse situations? - when the town gets bigger and the only land available for expansion is used for farming? When the urban sprawl meets farming country, should primary producers be forced to accommodate the newcomers by changing the way they farm? Or should those who choose to live in certain areas, have to put up what was there first? It can be a very smelly question. Opinions vary on what, if any, compromises should be made.
- We often hear how life is tough on the land as farmers struggle to make ends meet on properties that have been in the family for many generations. But they are not the only ones trying to make a buck in the bush, there is also a new breed of farmers, city dwellers who are choosing rural life. And while beef, sheep and grains still dominate Australia's agricultural economy many of these novice farmers are experimenting in alternative ventures on their very own bush blocks.
- He's from one of Australia's most prominent family business dynasties. Now Peter Holmes a Court, the eldest son of Janet and the late Rober Holmes a Court is aiming to make his own mark in the corporate world. Holmes a Court's unashamed ambition is to create the world's largest cattle company, and like his late father, his approach is already making waves. Let's profile the man who aims to be Australia's new cattle King.
- Property owners in Australia are no strangers to the tough times of drought. After all why else would Australia be known the world over as a wide brown land? But for all the problems associated with unreliable rainfall, some graziers have been able to successfully beat the odds and triumph over a lack of water. In some of our arid zones wool producers have been relying on a native plant which hasn't always been feted in scientific circles, but they say the hardiness of saltbush speaks for itself.
- As dawn broke in the main street of Barcaldine, around 800 locals clustered to see the opening of the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music. The big moment everyone was waiting for was the world premier of the Barcaldine's very own Big Marimba Band. Around 150 kids and adults from the Barcaldine community have spent the last two months making and learning to play marimbas.
- It's been said that at its peak, Melbourne's wool stockpile alone would have filled the Melbourne Cricket Ground three times over. Aided by a low Australian dollar and a recovering wool market, nationally six hundred thousand stockpile bales have been cleared since the start of the year. It's ten years since the wool reserve price scheme collapsed leaving 4.7 million bales in storage so the end of the stockpile, not only marks a major milestone it also removes a major millstone from around the wool industry's neck.
- With agriculture in crisis worldwide there's good news from Latin America. Harvests are being tripled. Rainforests are being saved. The whole environment is benefiting from a remarkable bean that really does work miracles with people's lives. In the fairy story, Jack plants a magic bean and his family prospers. Now in Latin America farmers are planting a magic bean with similar results. The bean is called "Mucuna" - the a velvet bean and extraordinary claims are being made for it: bigger harvest and more food without cost to the environment.
- Less than three years ago pork producers in this country were talking about the death of their industry. Rising imports from Canada and Denmark had brought growers to their knees; many forced to start killing their stock, as it was not viable to send them to market. But desperate times in another country, Malaysia, have brought a new prosperity to the pork industry that is now enjoying record prices as well as a massive jump in exports to Asia. Julia Limb looks at the changing fortunes of Australia's pig farmers.
- Australian broadacre farmers have justifiably earned an international reputation for being among the most efficient and innovative primary producers in the world. This is due in no small part to their uptake of new technology. What's not always appreciated is that our agricultural engineers are responsible for many of those bright ideas from the stump jump plough through to precision farming equipment. In fact, when it comes to the development of GPS-guidance for farm machinery, the so-called "hands-free" steering systems, Australia's now the acknowledged world leader.
- Early next week, a herd of dairy cattle will arrive in Dili to bolster supplies of fresh milk in East Timor. They have been donated by Australian farmers in a goodwill gesture to neighbours going through tough times. Most of the massive international aid effort in East Timor over the past couple of years has focussed on restoring peace to this poverty-stricken nation. But now with independence just weeks away, a lot more emphasis is being placed on rebuilding agriculture and the peoples' capacity to feed themselves into the future.
- A group of militant farmers is attempting a coup in northern Victoria. The rebels are pitting their forces against their local Council over the issue of rates. The rural ratepayers of the Gannawarra Shire want immediate reform of the current rating system which they've decried as 'unjust'. After a two long battle and the failure of repeated mediation talks, this week the conflict goes before the Victorian Supreme Court. It's a court case which could have significant implications for rural shires across Australia.
- Salinity has been identified as probably the biggest environmental issue in Australia today, but in Western Australia it's been part of the landscape for decades. A combination of clearing and the unique system of paeleo channels beneath the Western Australian wheat belt have resulted in 8 per cent of arable land there going saline. Ironically, the State with the most experience at tackling the problem and the biggest immediate need of help, is the only one in Australia yet to secure any of the Federal Government's $700 million under the National Action Plan for Salinity.