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1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
2 <rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
3 xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">
4 <channel>
5 <title>Latest Rural Articles</title>
6 <category>Australian Broadcasting Corporation: All content</category>
7 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/</link>
8 <description><![CDATA[
9 The latest articles from ABC Rural
10 ]]></description>
11 <language>en-AU</language>
12 <copyright>Copyright 2020, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. All Rights Reserved.</copyright>
13 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:53:31 +1100</pubDate>
14 <lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:53:31 +1100</lastBuildDate>
15 <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs>
16 <managingEditor>Newson1ine@abc.net.au (ABC News)</managingEditor>
17 <image><title>ABC Rural</title><url>https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/4697924-1x1-144x144.png</url><link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/</link></image>
18 <item>
19 <title>'Rite of passage' to vandalise Great Keppel Island, resort developers say</title>
20 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/great-keppel-island-vandalism/12812796</link>
21 <description>
22 <![CDATA[
23 <p>Developers of an island resort, off the coast of central Queensland, say the dilapidated facility is being targeted by vandals.</p>
24 ]]>
25 </description>
26 <dc:creator>Jemima Burt</dc:creator>
27 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 18:53:31 +1100</pubDate>
28 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/great-keppel-island-vandalism/12812796</guid>
29 <category>Rural Tourism</category>
30 <category>Travel and Tourism</category>
31 <category>Great Barrier Reef</category>
32 <category>Oceans and Reefs</category>
33 <category>Vandalism</category>
34 <media:group>
35 <media:description>The Great Keppel Island Resort has been closed since 2008. (ABC News: Maria Hatzakis)</media:description>
36 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1146544-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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42 </media:group>
43 </item>
44 <item>
45 <title>'A kick in the guts': Hail destroys farmers' first crops after three years of drought</title>
46 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/rain-and-flooding-hit-crops-in-nsw-central-west/12812842</link>
47 <description>
48 <![CDATA[
49 <p>Farmers have described the damage caused by a monumental hail storm as 'heartbreaking' as it has flattened crops near Coonamble, New South Wales.</p>
50 ]]>
51 </description>
52 <dc:creator>Jessie Davies</dc:creator>
53 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 16:45:00 +1100</pubDate>
54 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/rain-and-flooding-hit-crops-in-nsw-central-west/12812842</guid>
55 <category>Weather</category>
56 <category>Floods</category>
57 <category>Wheat</category>
58 <category>Rainfall</category>
59 <category>Storm Event</category>
60 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
61 <media:group>
62 <media:description>Wet lupins near Coonamble (ABC Western Plains: Lucy Thackray)</media:description>
63 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813228-16x9-2150x1210.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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67 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813228-1x1-1400x1400.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="1400" height="1400"/>
68 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813228-4x3-140x105.png" width="140" height="105"/>
69 </media:group>
70 </item>
71 <item>
72 <title>Bilby experts hope boost in the SA gene pool will help speedy marsupials breed faster</title>
73 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/bilbies-released-at-sa-outback-reserve/12813078</link>
74 <description>
75 <![CDATA[
76 <p>Nine bilbies are moved from Thistle Island in the Spencer Gulf to an arid nature reserve near Roxby Downs to repopulate the area.</p>
77 ]]>
78 </description>
79 <dc:creator>Gary-Jon Lysaght</dc:creator>
80 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:49:53 +1100</pubDate>
81 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/bilbies-released-at-sa-outback-reserve/12813078</guid>
82 <category>Environment</category>
83 <category>Environmental Impact</category>
84 <category>Environmental Management</category>
85 <category>Human Interest</category>
86 <category>Animals</category>
87 <category>Rural</category>
88 <category>Animal Science</category>
89 <category>Animal Behaviour</category>
90 <category>Drought</category>
91 <category>Science and Technology</category>
92 <media:group>
93 <media:description>The nine bilbies travelled from an island in the Spencer Gulf to an outback nature reserve. (ABC North and West: Gary-Jon Lysaght)</media:description>
94 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813438-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
95 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813438-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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97 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813438-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
98 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813438-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
99 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12813438-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
100 </media:group>
101 </item>
102 <item>
103 <title>Farmers call for bipartisan support to get weirs built in the Burnett </title>
104 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/farmers-call-for-support-for-burnett-weirs/12813162</link>
105 <description>
106 <![CDATA[
107 <p>The LNP commits $45 million to build 2 weirs in the Burnett, but farmers are pushing for all parties to commit to building water infrastructure in the Burnett.</p>
108 ]]>
109 </description>
110 <dc:creator>Megan Hughes</dc:creator>
111 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 13:18:35 +1100</pubDate>
112 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/farmers-call-for-support-for-burnett-weirs/12813162</guid>
113 <category>Drought</category>
114 <category>Rural</category>
115 <category>Water Supply</category>
116 <category>Dams and Reservoirs</category>
117 <category>Agricultural Policy</category>
118 <media:group>
119 <media:description>Ken and Cindy Darrow have faced uncertainty over water security repeatedly in 21 years on their Mundubbera property. (ABC Wide Bay: Eliza Goetze)</media:description>
120 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
121 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
122 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-3x2-940x627.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
123 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
124 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
125 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10072332-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
126 </media:group>
127 </item>
128 <item>
129 <title>Dust-up over proposed mine's impact on one of Victoria's greenest food bowls</title>
130 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/kalbar-mine-plan-stokes-fear-in-lindenow-valley-green-food-bowl/12782700</link>
131 <description>
132 <![CDATA[
133 <p>Vegetable harvesters in the Lindenow Valley say a proposed mine could ruin the "clean and green" reputation of their farmland.</p>
134 ]]>
135 </description>
136 <dc:creator>Riordan Davis</dc:creator>
137 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 12:36:38 +1100</pubDate>
138 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/kalbar-mine-plan-stokes-fear-in-lindenow-valley-green-food-bowl/12782700</guid>
139 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
140 <category>Mining (Rural)</category>
141 <category>Mining Environmental Issues</category>
142 <media:group>
143 <media:description>The northern boundary of the proposed mine lies just over the hills behind John Hine's property. (ABC Gippsland: Rio Davis)</media:description>
144 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-16x9-2150x1210.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="2150" height="1210"/>
145 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-4x3-940x705.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="940" height="705"/>
146 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-3x2-940x627.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
147 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-3x4-940x1253.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="940" height="1253"/>
148 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-1x1-1400x1400.png" medium="image" type="image/png" width="1400" height="1400"/>
149 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782838-4x3-140x105.png" width="140" height="105"/>
150 </media:group>
151 </item>
152 <item>
153 <title>Shut power off to save fire-prone communities, says energy economist</title>
154 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/victorian-communities-need-power-off-bushfire-powercor-ausnet/12806634</link>
155 <description>
156 <![CDATA[
157 <p>Powerlines have been linked to some of Victoria's most catastrophic bushfires, yet most of the work to make power infrastructure safe has not been done. Is it time for a rethink?</p>
158 ]]>
159 </description>
160 <dc:creator>Charlotte King</dc:creator>
161 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 08:08:28 +1100</pubDate>
162 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/victorian-communities-need-power-off-bushfire-powercor-ausnet/12806634</guid>
163 <category>2009 Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission</category>
164 <category>Bushfire</category>
165 <category>Fires</category>
166 <category>Disasters and Accidents</category>
167 <category>Electricity Energy and Utilities</category>
168 <category>Rural</category>
169 <category>Regional</category>
170 <media:group>
171 <media:description>The aftermath of the fires at Kilmore East. (Supplied: Stella Reid)</media:description>
172 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
173 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
174 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-3x2-940x627.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
175 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
176 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
177 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/10789474-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
178 </media:group>
179 </item>
180 <item>
181 <title>Workers are needed for harvest, but how do you find a job and what's it like?</title>
182 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/labour-shortage-and-lockdown-drives-workers-to-the-harvest-trail/12764258</link>
183 <description>
184 <![CDATA[
185 <p>With jobs drying up in Australian cities frozen in the grip of lockdown, urban dwellers head to the country to fill the gap left by foreign workers during harvest time.</p>
186 ]]>
187 </description>
188 <dc:creator>David Claughton And Lucy Thackray</dc:creator>
189 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:19:31 +1100</pubDate>
190 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-26/labour-shortage-and-lockdown-drives-workers-to-the-harvest-trail/12764258</guid>
191 <category>Farm Labour</category>
192 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
193 <category>Agricultural Policy</category>
194 <category>Small Business</category>
195 <category>Rural Tourism</category>
196 <category>Tourism</category>
197 <media:group>
198 <media:description>Workers on the harvest trail are doing 10-hour shifts around the clock to get the crop in. (Supplied: Linda Horton)</media:description>
199 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807120-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
200 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807120-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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202 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807120-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
203 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807120-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
204 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807120-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
205 </media:group>
206 </item>
207 <item>
208 <title>What's in Mount Isa's plume and what should you do if it exceeds safe levels?</title>
209 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/whats-in-the-mount-isa-copper-smelter-plume/12766210</link>
210 <description>
211 <![CDATA[
212 <p>There's no escaping heavy industry in Mount Isa — the stacks from the mining town's lead smelter dominate the skyline and so do their contents. So how is the air quality monitored?</p>
213 ]]>
214 </description>
215 <dc:creator>Kemii Maguire And Kelly Butterworth</dc:creator>
216 <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +1100</pubDate>
217 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-26/whats-in-the-mount-isa-copper-smelter-plume/12766210</guid>
218 <category>Mining Environmental Issues</category>
219 <category>Mining Industry</category>
220 <category>Mining (Rural)</category>
221 <media:group>
222 <media:description>The stack's main emission is sulphur dioxide. (ABC North West Queensland: Kemii Maguire)</media:description>
223 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11500792-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
224 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11500792-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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228 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11500792-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
229 </media:group>
230 </item>
231 <item>
232 <title>Workers vacuum murder hornets from first nest found in the US</title>
233 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/hundreds-of-murder-hornets-removed-from-us-city/12811194</link>
234 <description>
235 <![CDATA[
236 <p>Asian giant hornets are a major concern for farmers in North America, who fear important local bee populations will be devastated. </p>
237 ]]>
238 </description>
239 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:49:16 +1100</pubDate>
240 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/hundreds-of-murder-hornets-removed-from-us-city/12811194</guid>
241 <category>Animal Science</category>
242 <category>Animal Behaviour</category>
243 <category>Science and Technology</category>
244 <category>Rural</category>
245 <category>Livestock</category>
246 <category>Agribusiness</category>
247 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
248 <category>Animals</category>
249 <media:group>
250 <media:description>Workers have removed as many as 200 murder hornets from a nest in the United States as fears grow they could spread and affect agriculture. (AP: Elaine Thompson)</media:description>
251 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
252 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
253 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-3x2-940x627.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
254 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
255 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
256 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12811040-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
257 </media:group>
258 </item>
259 <item>
260 <title>Mango prices up, but farmers struggle to find workers to pick them</title>
261 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/covid-19-is-driving-labour-shortages-and-higher-prices-nt-mango/12806046</link>
262 <description>
263 <![CDATA[
264 <p>Mango growers are harvesting in the middle of the night to make sure they get the most out of a dwindling labour supply, but price and consumer demand provide a silver lining.</p>
265 ]]>
266 </description>
267 <dc:creator>Jon Daly</dc:creator>
268 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 09:29:22 +1100</pubDate>
269 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/covid-19-is-driving-labour-shortages-and-higher-prices-nt-mango/12806046</guid>
270 <category>Horticulture</category>
271 <category>Science and Technology</category>
272 <category>Agricultural Prices</category>
273 <category>Agribusiness</category>
274 <category>COVID-19</category>
275 <category>Farm Labour</category>
276 <category>Rural</category>
277 <media:group>
278 <media:description>Broome is suffering from a bout of 'mango madness'. (Vanessa Mills)</media:description>
279 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1154082-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
280 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1154082-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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282 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1154082-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
283 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1154082-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
284 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1154082-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
285 </media:group>
286 </item>
287 <item>
288 <title>'We can't stay in this cocoon': Tasmanian borders set to reopen to low-risk states</title>
289 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/tas-borders-set-to-reopen-to-low-risk-coronavirus-states/12806040</link>
290 <description>
291 <![CDATA[
292 <p>"Green shoots" are starting to appear in Tasmania's beleaguered tourism sector as the state prepares to lower the drawbridge to low-risk coronavirus states and territories. </p>
293 ]]>
294 </description>
295 <dc:creator>Loretta Lohberger</dc:creator>
296 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:14:18 +1100</pubDate>
297 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/tas-borders-set-to-reopen-to-low-risk-coronavirus-states/12806040</guid>
298 <category>COVID-19</category>
299 <category>Tourism</category>
300 <category>Federal - State Issues</category>
301 <category>Aged Care</category>
302 <category>Community and Society</category>
303 <category>Diseases and Disorders</category>
304 <category>Travel and Tourism</category>
305 <category>Rural Tourism</category>
306 <media:group>
307 <media:description>Kate Murray says most of her bookings are coming from New South Wales. (ABC News: Damian McIntyre)</media:description>
308 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12802226-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
309 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12802226-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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316 <item>
317 <title>First south Queensland grain crop since 2016 ends reliance on WA imports</title>
318 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/grain-growing-in-queensland-bounces-back-ending-wa-reliance/12799024</link>
319 <description>
320 <![CDATA[
321 <p>Queensland's grain industry is bouncing back after multiple seasons were missed because of the drought and the state relied on grain imports from Western Australia to feed livestock.</p>
322 ]]>
323 </description>
324 <dc:creator>Amy Phillips And Lydia Burton</dc:creator>
325 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:41:40 +1100</pubDate>
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327 <category>Wheat</category>
328 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
329 <category>Crop Harvesting</category>
330 <category>Grain</category>
331 <category>Sea Transport</category>
332 <category>Rail Transport</category>
333 <category>Transport</category>
334 <media:group>
335 <media:description>Graincorps' Josh Connell, CEO Robert Spurway and Jason Hare inspect wheat with woodchip in the background. (Supplied: Graincorp)</media:description>
336 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12799456-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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343 </item>
344 <item>
345 <title>Is this Australia's cheapest dairy herd?</title>
346 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-25/collection-of-500-cow-ornaments-finds-new-home-on-dairy-farm/12802026</link>
347 <description>
348 <![CDATA[
349 <p>When Cootamundra couple Lynn and Barry Gavin put their prized collection of 500 ornamental cows up for sale they wanted to keep the herd together. Happily, it's now on the 'moo-ve' to a Riverina dairy farm.</p>
350 ]]>
351 </description>
352 <dc:creator>Emily Doak</dc:creator>
353 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:30:34 +1100</pubDate>
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355 <category>House and Home</category>
356 <category>Regional</category>
357 <category>Rural</category>
358 <category>Human Interest</category>
359 <category>Offbeat</category>
360 <media:group>
361 <media:description>Lyn Gavin from Cootamundra prepares to part with her collection of more than 500 cow ornaments. (Supplied: Barry Gavin)</media:description>
362 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12803062-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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366 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12803062-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
367 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12803062-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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369 </item>
370 <item>
371 <title>City farming on the rise as COVID-19 prompts people to rethink how they source their food</title>
372 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-25/urban-farming-on-rise-due-to-covid-19-pandemic/12797672</link>
373 <description>
374 <![CDATA[
375 <p>The coronavirus pandemic sees a surge in the number of people wanting to grow or <strong>s</strong>ource food closer to home, either on urban farms or even in public spaces.</p>
376 ]]>
377 </description>
378 <dc:creator>Jess Davis And Marty McCarthy</dc:creator>
379 <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 07:30:04 +1100</pubDate>
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381 <category>Urban Development and Planning</category>
382 <category>Gardening</category>
383 <category>Edible Plants</category>
384 <category>Horticulture</category>
385 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
386 <media:group>
387 <media:description>Urban farmer Rachel Rubenstein on a farm in East Brunswick, not far from the Melbourne CBD. (ABC Regional: Marty McCarthy)</media:description>
388 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797662-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
389 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797662-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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393 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797662-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
394 </media:group>
395 </item>
396 <item>
397 <title>'Truly shocking': Government-funded feral pest controllers charged with animal cruelty</title>
398 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/review-into-wa-government-funded-pest-controllers-animal-cruelty/12807084</link>
399 <description>
400 <![CDATA[
401 <p>The WA Government orders a review into Blackwood Security Inc's employment of two men who let their dogs attack and kill a pig and a fox.</p>
402 ]]>
403 </description>
404 <dc:creator>John Dobson</dc:creator>
405 <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 14:43:37 +1100</pubDate>
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407 <category>Law, Crime and Justice</category>
408 <category>Animal Welfare</category>
409 <category>Pest Management</category>
410 <category>Pests</category>
411 <media:group>
412 <media:description>A review is underway into the employment of two feral pest controllers who allowed their dogs to kill a fox and a pig. (Ed Dunens/ Flickr CC BY)</media:description>
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419 </media:group>
420 </item>
421 <item>
422 <title>Cold water curtain failure at Burrendong Dam threatens fish breeding and recovery</title>
423 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/dam-failure-sends-cold-water-curtain-down-macquarie/12808096</link>
424 <description>
425 <![CDATA[
426 <p>An infrastructure failure at Burrendong Dam sends cold water down the Macquarie River, jeopardising crucial fish breeding as fish recover from drought.</p>
427 ]]>
428 </description>
429 <dc:creator>Lucy Thackray</dc:creator>
430 <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 10:26:33 +1100</pubDate>
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432 <category>Rural</category>
433 <category>Fishing, Aquaculture</category>
434 <category>Science and Technology</category>
435 <category>Animal Science</category>
436 <category>Fish</category>
437 <category>Dams and Reservoirs</category>
438 <category>Environment</category>
439 <category>Rivers</category>
440 <category>Disasters and Accidents</category>
441 <category>Drought</category>
442 <media:group>
443 <media:description>The cold water curtain at Burrendong Dam was installed in 2014. (Supplied: Matthew Hansen)</media:description>
444 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808214-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
445 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808214-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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449 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808214-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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451 </item>
452 <item>
453 <title>'Like a couple of extra paddocks': New wheat variety impresses with high yields</title>
454 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-24/new-wheat-variety-borlaug-100-impresses-growers-with-high-yield/12806338</link>
455 <description>
456 <![CDATA[
457 <p>Queensland's grain harvest is more than half completed and there's a lot of chatter about how a new wheat variety has performed.</p>
458 ]]>
459 </description>
460 <dc:creator>Pip Courtney</dc:creator>
461 <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 08:41:24 +1100</pubDate>
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463 <category>Wheat</category>
464 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
465 <category>Drought</category>
466 <category>Agribusiness</category>
467 <media:group>
468 <media:description>Grain growers are trying out a new seed variety called Borlaug 100. (ABC Landline: Pip Courtney)</media:description>
469 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806610-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
470 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806610-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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472 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806610-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
473 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806610-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
474 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806610-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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476 </item>
477 <item>
478 <title>Rural customers moved away from RM Williams, so will new owners bring them back?</title>
479 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/ringers-on-the-fence-now-that-rm-williams-australian-owned/12801154</link>
480 <description>
481 <![CDATA[
482 <p>From outback staple to dress boots and shirts, RM Williams undertook a brand change in recent years. It is now back in Aussie hands, but time will tell if rural customers will return.</p>
483 ]]>
484 </description>
485 <dc:creator>Eric Barker</dc:creator>
486 <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 07:30:58 +1100</pubDate>
487 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/ringers-on-the-fence-now-that-rm-williams-australian-owned/12801154</guid>
488 <category>Fashion</category>
489 <category>Company News</category>
490 <category>Rural</category>
491 <media:group>
492 <media:description>A Queensland ringer says RM Williams has been too expensive and wasn't lasting in the bush. (Supplied: Hannah Hacon)</media:description>
493 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
494 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
495 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-3x2-940x627.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
496 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
497 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
498 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12807132-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
499 </media:group>
500 </item>
501 <item>
502 <title>Life after lockdown in country Victoria</title>
503 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/regional-victoria-coronavirus-recovery-outside-ring-of-steel/12789738</link>
504 <description>
505 <![CDATA[
506 <p>Regional Victoria has become a land of its own — locked in by state borders and Melbourne's ring of steel, different rules apply here. And people are making the most of it.</p>
507 ]]>
508 </description>
509 <dc:creator>Jess Davis And Clint Jasper</dc:creator>
510 <pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 06:00:45 +1100</pubDate>
511 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-24/regional-victoria-coronavirus-recovery-outside-ring-of-steel/12789738</guid>
512 <category>Lockdown</category>
513 <category>COVID-19</category>
514 <category>Rural Tourism</category>
515 <category>Regional</category>
516 <category>Regional Development</category>
517 <category>Travel and Tourism</category>
518 <category>Tourism</category>
519 <category>People</category>
520 <media:group>
521 <media:description>Kathryn MacKenzie says border closures saw Echuca go quiet and long line of traffic snake through town every day. (ABC Rural: Clint Jasper)</media:description>
522 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782528-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
523 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782528-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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525 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782528-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
526 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782528-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
527 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12782528-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
528 </media:group>
529 </item>
530 <item>
531 <title>Australia's biggest barramundi farm set to get even bigger</title>
532 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/australias-biggest-barramundi-farm-gets-$24-million-naif-loan/12806502</link>
533 <description>
534 <![CDATA[
535 <p>Australia's biggest barramundi farm secures a NAIF loan worth $24 million to increase production and fund a new breeding program.</p>
536 ]]>
537 </description>
538 <dc:creator>Daniel Fitzgerald</dc:creator>
539 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:50:30 +1100</pubDate>
540 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/australias-biggest-barramundi-farm-gets-$24-million-naif-loan/12806502</guid>
541 <category>Fishing, Aquaculture</category>
542 <category>Agribusiness</category>
543 <media:group>
544 <media:description>Humpty Doo Barramundi farm will produce around 3,600 tonnes of barramundi this year. (ABC Rural: Daniel Fitzgerald)</media:description>
545 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
546 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
547 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-3x2-940x627.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="627" isDefault="true"/>
548 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
549 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
550 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11396292-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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552 </item>
553 <item>
554 <title>End of an era as Bundaberg Sugar announces closure of historic mill</title>
555 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-23/bingera-sugar-mill-closure-bundaberg-sugar-cane/12808948</link>
556 <description>
557 <![CDATA[
558 <p>The Bingera sugar mill near Bundaberg will not crush again as the mill operator Bundaberg Sugar Limited says it will close the site this year after 135 years in operation.</p>
559 ]]>
560 </description>
561 <dc:creator>Megan Hughes</dc:creator>
562 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 19:09:30 +1100</pubDate>
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564 <category>Rural</category>
565 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
566 <category>Sugar</category>
567 <media:group>
568 <media:description>Bingera Mill has crushed cane in Bundaberg since 1880. (Supplied: Bundaberg Regional Library, Bundaberg Sugar)</media:description>
569 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808820-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
570 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808820-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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572 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808820-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
573 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808820-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
574 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12808820-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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576 </item>
577 <item>
578 <title>Murray-Darling Basin left without top cop as Keelty steps down</title>
579 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/mick-keelty-exits-role-as-murray-darling-basin-inspector-general/12806850</link>
580 <description>
581 <![CDATA[
582 <p>The former federal police commissioner did not seek to extend his tenure as the interim inspector-general for the Basin when his term ended last month.</p>
583 ]]>
584 </description>
585 <dc:creator>Kath Sullivan</dc:creator>
586 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 14:13:51 +1100</pubDate>
587 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/mick-keelty-exits-role-as-murray-darling-basin-inspector-general/12806850</guid>
588 <category>Murray-Darling Basin</category>
589 <category>Water Management</category>
590 <category>Agricultural Policy</category>
591 <category>Federal Government</category>
592 <category>Irrigation</category>
593 <category>Environmental Policy</category>
594 <category>Agribusiness</category>
595 <media:group>
596 <media:description>Mick Keelty was hand-picked for the role at a time when tensions across the Basin were at fever pitch. (ABC News: Laura Collins)</media:description>
597 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11919418-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
598 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/11919418-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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604 </item>
605 <item>
606 <title>Parents fight to bring touring performance groups back to bush schools</title>
607 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/icpa-calls-for-queensland-schools-touring-arts-program-return/12801868</link>
608 <description>
609 <![CDATA[
610 <p>Memories of Queensland Arts Councils productions are firmly lodged in the minds of many from their school years but the old funding model has been quietly axed.</p>
611 ]]>
612 </description>
613 <dc:creator>Maddelin McCosker</dc:creator>
614 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 12:54:35 +1100</pubDate>
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616 <category>Performance Art</category>
617 <category>Visual Art</category>
618 <category>Schools</category>
619 <category>Rural Youth</category>
620 <media:group>
621 <media:description>Queensland Arts Council school tours took performing arts to regional students. (Supplied: Queensland Arts Council)</media:description>
622 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12802374-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
623 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12802374-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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629 </item>
630 <item>
631 <title>Weather insurance spikes with La Niña and long-awaited winter harvest</title>
632 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-23/weather-insurance-spikes-with-la-nina-and-long-awaited-harvest/12757462</link>
633 <description>
634 <![CDATA[
635 <p>Weather insurers have seen a spike in interest since La Niña was declared active by BOM, with grain growers looking to protect their best winter harvest in years.</p>
636 ]]>
637 </description>
638 <dc:creator>Amelia Bernasconi And Jessica Hayes</dc:creator>
639 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:37:16 +1100</pubDate>
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641 <category>Insurance</category>
642 <category>Crop Harvesting</category>
643 <category>Agribusiness</category>
644 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
645 <category>Agricultural Insurance</category>
646 <category>Agricultural Prices</category>
647 <category>Wheat</category>
648 <category>Rainfall</category>
649 <category>Weather</category>
650 <category>Drought</category>
651 <media:group>
652 <media:description>Cereal, pulses, and legumes — it's been a turnaround year and growers want to maximise their profits as best they can. (ABC New England North West: Jennifer Ingall)</media:description>
653 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806108-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
654 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806108-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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656 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806108-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
657 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806108-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
658 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12806108-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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660 </item>
661 <item>
662 <title>Hunt for Harold the wombat's killer underway after young animal peppered with pellets</title>
663 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/search-underway-to-locate-kingston-robe-wombat-killer/12801330</link>
664 <description>
665 <![CDATA[
666 <p>Rangers begin doorknocking properties near where a wombat was rescued, believed to have been shot some days before he was taken to Adelaide for emergency surgery.</p>
667 ]]>
668 </description>
669 <dc:creator>Sandra Morello And Becc Chave</dc:creator>
670 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 11:00:20 +1100</pubDate>
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672 <category>Animal Welfare</category>
673 <category>Marsupials</category>
674 <category>Rural</category>
675 <media:group>
676 <media:description>Harold the wombat receives veterinarian care in a bid to save his life. (Supplied: Wombat Awareness Association)</media:description>
677 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801470-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
678 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801470-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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680 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801470-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
681 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801470-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
682 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801470-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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684 </item>
685 <item>
686 <title>Newly imported dung beetle species set to improve farmers' bottom line</title>
687 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-23/new-dung-beetle-species-imported-to-australia/12796616</link>
688 <description>
689 <![CDATA[
690 <p>Australian livestock produce about 80 million tonnes of dung a year, and a new species of dung beetle from Morocco is set to help farmers recycle and make the most of the nutrient-rich poo pats.</p>
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692 </description>
693 <dc:creator>Jessica Schremmer</dc:creator>
694 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 10:16:16 +1100</pubDate>
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696 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
697 <category>Livestock</category>
698 <category>Invertebrates - Insects and Arachnids</category>
699 <category>Science</category>
700 <category>Environmental Impact</category>
701 <category>Research Projects</category>
702 <category>Animals</category>
703 <media:group>
704 <media:description>The new species of dung beetles is hoped to help livestock producers across Southern Australia to improve soil and pasture health. (Supplied: Dung Beetle Ecosystem Engineers)</media:description>
705 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796722-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
706 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796722-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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710 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796722-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
711 </media:group>
712 </item>
713 <item>
714 <title>Australian beekeepers against New Zealand fight to use the term manuka </title>
715 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-23/australian-beekeepers-fight-to-use-the-term-manuka/12784948</link>
716 <description>
717 <![CDATA[
718 <p>Australian beekeepers lodge evidence to dispute New Zealand's attempt to trademark the term manuka, arguing the word has been used in Australia since the 1840s. </p>
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720 </description>
721 <dc:creator>Kirstie Wellauer</dc:creator>
722 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:38:50 +1100</pubDate>
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724 <category>Beekeeping</category>
725 <category>Rural</category>
726 <category>Trade</category>
727 <media:group>
728 <media:description>For the first time the Australian Manuka Honey Association has filed its evidence in the UK and New Zealand trademark cases. (Supplied: AMHA)</media:description>
729 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12801678-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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735 </media:group>
736 </item>
737 <item>
738 <title>The next Queensland Premier will be female — but is feminism still a dirty word?</title>
739 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/qld-state-election-where-do-future-premiers-stand-womens-issues/12781338</link>
740 <description>
741 <![CDATA[
742 <p>For the first time, Queensland has two female leaders vying to be the state's next premier. So how do Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington measure up on the big issues affecting women?</p>
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744 </description>
745 <dc:creator>Stephanie Zillman</dc:creator>
746 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 07:24:18 +1100</pubDate>
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748 <category>Government and Politics</category>
749 <category>Elections</category>
750 <category>Family and Children</category>
751 <category>Child Care</category>
752 <category>Community and Society</category>
753 <category>Women</category>
754 <category>Women's Health</category>
755 <category>Women In Agriculture</category>
756 <category>Domestic Violence</category>
757 <category>Reproduction and Contraception</category>
758 <category>Abortion</category>
759 <category>State Elections</category>
760 <category>State Parliament</category>
761 <category>Parliament</category>
762 <category>Political Parties</category>
763 <category>Liberal National Party</category>
764 <category>Alp</category>
765 <media:group>
766 <media:description>What are Annastacia Palaszczuk and Deb Frecklington promising Queensland women? (ABC News: Lewi Hirvela)</media:description>
767 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12734800-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
768 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12734800-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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770 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12734800-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
771 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12734800-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
772 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12734800-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
773 </media:group>
774 </item>
775 <item>
776 <title>Keeping bee hives safe during a storm or cyclone</title>
777 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-23/beekeeper-tips-to-secure-hives-storm-season/12796960</link>
778 <description>
779 <![CDATA[
780 <p>As the storm season approaches, this seasoned beekeeper is offering tips for new enthusiasts on how to keeping their hives safe as a "big blow" weather system approaches.</p>
781 ]]>
782 </description>
783 <dc:creator>Nathalie Fernbach</dc:creator>
784 <pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2020 06:30:13 +1100</pubDate>
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786 <category>Offbeat</category>
787 <category>Gardening</category>
788 <category>Beekeeping</category>
789 <media:group>
790 <media:description>Townsville beekeeper Mick Olsen said hives can survive storms and cyclones if strapped down (ABC North Queensland: Nathalie Fernbach)</media:description>
791 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797124-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
792 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797124-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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794 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797124-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
795 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797124-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
796 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797124-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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798 </item>
799 <item>
800 <title>'Buy him a round of beer': Fisherman illegally takes home 1.7m croc that was menacing local dam</title>
801 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/crocodile-peter-faust-dam-proserpine-caught/12802154</link>
802 <description>
803 <![CDATA[
804 <p>A fisherman is under investigation after he caught more than he bargained for, taking a 1.7-metre croc home from a north Queensland dam.</p>
805 ]]>
806 </description>
807 <dc:creator>Melanie Groves And Meecham Philpott</dc:creator>
808 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:28:50 +1100</pubDate>
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810 <category>Community and Society</category>
811 <category>Regional</category>
812 <category>Environment</category>
813 <category>Fishing, Aquaculture</category>
814 <category>Human Interest</category>
815 <category>Crocodile</category>
816 <media:group>
817 <media:description>Signage warning of crocodile sightings has been in place for some time at Peter Faust Dam in Proserpine. (ABC Tropical North: Ollie Wykeham)</media:description>
818 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12802736-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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825 </item>
826 <item>
827 <title>'I was known as the eccentric American': Fred Koch on founding a 'hippie community' in Australia</title>
828 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/fred-koch-w-tree-hippie-counter-culture-alternative-lifestyle/12753662</link>
829 <description>
830 <![CDATA[
831 <p>Fred Koch moved to Australia in 1974, fleeing increasing crime, pollution and political turmoil in the United States to pursue a life of "community and natural agriculture" in rural Victoria.</p>
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833 </description>
834 <dc:creator>Rachael Lucas</dc:creator>
835 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 12:01:04 +1100</pubDate>
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837 <category>Sustainable and Alternative Farming</category>
838 <category>Regional</category>
839 <media:group>
840 <media:description>Fred Koch, bottom left, says "it was almost unpatriotic not to eat meat" in regional Victoria at the time he set up his "hippie community" there. (Supplied: Fred Koch)</media:description>
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846 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12781874-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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848 </item>
849 <item>
850 <title>'Scary' forecast: Farmers race against rain to harvest grain crop</title>
851 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-22/grain%C2%A0growers-race-against-the-rain-to-get-winter-crop-off/12796874</link>
852 <description>
853 <![CDATA[
854 <p>After years of drought, farmers are now working around the clock to get their first crop since 2016 off before it rains. </p>
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856 </description>
857 <dc:creator>Lydia Burton And Amelia Bernasconi</dc:creator>
858 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:25:37 +1100</pubDate>
859 <guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-22/grain%C2%A0growers-race-against-the-rain-to-get-winter-crop-off/12796874</guid>
860 <category>Agribusiness</category>
861 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
862 <category>Grain</category>
863 <category>Wheat</category>
864 <category>Crop Harvesting</category>
865 <category>Farm Labour</category>
866 <category>Rainfall</category>
867 <category>Drought</category>
868 <media:group>
869 <media:description>Farmers are racing to get their crops off before the rain as it can halt the harvest, reduce yields and damage crops. (Supplied: Chris Wright)</media:description>
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871 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800014-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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873 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800014-3x4-940x1253.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="1253"/>
874 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800014-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
875 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800014-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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877 </item>
878 <item>
879 <title>Wowan, population 216, raises $10k to help its rural kids hear and speak</title>
880 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/wowan-raises-10k-to-help-its-rural-kids-hear-and-speak/12798142</link>
881 <description>
882 <![CDATA[
883 <p>Arthur Olsson hasn't turned 3 yet, but he's already inspired a tiny central Queensland town to get behind an important cause. </p>
884 ]]>
885 </description>
886 <dc:creator>Jemima Burt</dc:creator>
887 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 11:13:21 +1100</pubDate>
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889 <category>Hearing</category>
890 <category>Health</category>
891 <category>Community and Society</category>
892 <category>Charities and Community Organisations</category>
893 <category>Community Organisations</category>
894 <category>Rural</category>
895 <category>Rural Youth</category>
896 <media:group>
897 <media:description>Arthur Olsson, left, can hear within close range, but wears hearing aids most of the time. (Supplied)</media:description>
898 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12798158-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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907 <title>Teenagers lodge last ditch legal action against Adani coal mine</title>
908 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/teens-launch-legal-action-against-adani-coal-mine-to-save-reef/12798508</link>
909 <description>
910 <![CDATA[
911 <p>Two teenagers are mounting legal action in a final attempt to overturn the approval of Adani's Carmichael coal mine and rail project to save the Great Barrier Reef and limit the effects of climate change.</p>
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914 <dc:creator>Stephen Long</dc:creator>
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922 <category>Tourism</category>
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928 <media:description>Claire Galvin wants the environmental approvals given to Adani's Carmichael mine revoked. (Supplied: Claire Galvin)</media:description>
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937 <item>
938 <title>Bring back the backpackers, or we'll all pay — desperate farmers plea to the Government</title>
939 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/national-farmers-federation-pleads-backpackers-labour-shortfall/12798942</link>
940 <description>
941 <![CDATA[
942 <p>Farmers and tourism operators plead with the Federal Government to allow backpackers into Australia, with fears the cost of produce could rise by 60 per cent without them.</p>
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945 <dc:creator>Kath Sullivan</dc:creator>
946 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 07:11:17 +1100</pubDate>
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949 <category>Federal Government</category>
950 <category>Farm Labour</category>
951 <category>Tourism</category>
952 <category>Work</category>
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954 <media:description>The national farm lobby wants working holiday-makers to be allowed back into Australia. (Supplied: Milan Scheunemann)</media:description>
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963 <item>
964 <title>'They don't need the knee on the throat': Community leaders blast LNP's proposed youth curfew</title>
965 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-22/qld-state-election-2020-lnp-youth-crime-policy-criticised/12789278</link>
966 <description>
967 <![CDATA[
968 <p>An LNP election pledge to impose curfews on young people in Cairns and Townsville to try and reduce juvenile crime will be ineffective and could "criminalise" Indigenous families, community leaders and activists say.</p>
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971 <dc:creator>Jason Dasey And Chloe Chomicki</dc:creator>
972 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:50:53 +1100</pubDate>
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975 <category>Elections</category>
976 <category>State Elections</category>
977 <category>State Parliament</category>
978 <category>Political Parties</category>
979 <category>Liberal National Party</category>
980 <category>Greens</category>
981 <category>Minor Parties</category>
982 <category>Alp</category>
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985 <category>Laws</category>
986 <category>Rural Youth</category>
987 <category>Indigenous Policy</category>
988 <category>Youth</category>
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990 <media:description>Indigenous elder Russell Butler and Debbie Kilroy, the CEO of Sisters Inside. (ABC News)</media:description>
991 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800842-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
992 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800842-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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995 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12800842-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
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998 </item>
999 <item>
1000 <title>Big year for water watchdog investigations of illegal water take</title>
1001 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-22/big-year-for-water-watchdog-investigations-of-illegal-water-take/12798590</link>
1002 <description>
1003 <![CDATA[
1004 <p>The Natural Resource Access Regulator issues 153 fines in New South Wales in one year for the alleged flouting of water laws.</p>
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1007 <dc:creator>Michael Condon</dc:creator>
1008 <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2020 06:30:32 +1100</pubDate>
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1011 <category>Water Management</category>
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1013 <category>Law, Crime and Justice</category>
1014 <category>Crime</category>
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1016 <media:description>Water watchdog boss Grant Barnes says irrigators are pleased to have active and transparent compliance measures once again. (Supplied: NSW Department of Industry)</media:description>
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1024 </item>
1025 <item>
1026 <title>Farmer drives tractor half a kilometre after arm ripped off in hay baler</title>
1027 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/farm-accidents-in-riverina-spark-worksafe-harvest-warning/12797060</link>
1028 <description>
1029 <![CDATA[
1030 <p>A "one-in-a-million" farming accident results in Adam Symons's arm being torn "completely off" — and then surgically reattached — after his hand was caught in a hay baler.</p>
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1033 <dc:creator>Cara Jeffery And Sally Bryant</dc:creator>
1034 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 16:39:04 +1100</pubDate>
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1036 <category>Farm Labour</category>
1037 <category>Workplace</category>
1038 <category>Occupational Health and Safety</category>
1039 <category>Harvesting</category>
1040 <category>Crop Harvesting</category>
1041 <media:group>
1042 <media:description>Adam Symons is recovering in hospital in Canberra, where he will undergo extensive rehabilitation. (Facebook: Amanda Symons)</media:description>
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1050 </item>
1051 <item>
1052 <title>NSW Forestry to push ahead with post-bushfire logging despite EPA warning</title>
1053 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/nsw-forestry-post-bushfire-logging-despite-community-concerns/12776112</link>
1054 <description>
1055 <![CDATA[
1056 <p>New sections of native forest in the Shoalhaven are earmarked for logging less than a year after fires destroyed more than 80 per cent of the region's bush.</p>
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1059 <dc:creator>Jessica Clifford</dc:creator>
1060 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:33:00 +1100</pubDate>
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1062 <category>Forests</category>
1063 <category>Forestry</category>
1064 <category>Environment</category>
1065 <category>Environmental Impact</category>
1066 <media:group>
1067 <media:description>Anti-logging campaigner and Brooman resident Takesa Frank says logging in burnt areas of the forest will have a devastating impact upon wildlife. (ABC Illawarra: Jessica Clifford)</media:description>
1068 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796828-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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1073 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796828-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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1075 </item>
1076 <item>
1077 <title>LNP plan to enforce Townsville youth curfew branded 'a dog pound for kids'</title>
1078 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/qld-election-2020-lnp-townsville-youth-curfew-crime-plan/12789276</link>
1079 <description>
1080 <![CDATA[
1081 <p>LNP leader Deb Frecklington promises to "fix the juvenile crime problem" in north Queensland by setting a youth curfew and fining the parents of offending kids, a plan branded "a little bit ludicrous" by Katter's Australian Party.</p>
1082 ]]>
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1084 <dc:creator>Kate McKenna</dc:creator>
1085 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:20:19 +1100</pubDate>
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1087 <category>Government and Politics</category>
1088 <category>Elections</category>
1089 <category>State Elections</category>
1090 <category>State Parliament</category>
1091 <category>Parliament</category>
1092 <category>Political Parties</category>
1093 <category>Liberal National Party</category>
1094 <category>Minor Parties</category>
1095 <category>Alp</category>
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1097 <category>Laws</category>
1098 <category>Youth</category>
1099 <category>Community and Society</category>
1100 <category>Rural Youth</category>
1101 <category>Rural</category>
1102 <category>Activism and Lobbying</category>
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1104 <media:description>LNP leader Deb Frecklington says youth crime in Townsville has "just got to stop". (ABC News)</media:description>
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1110 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12798726-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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1112 </item>
1113 <item>
1114 <title>'You can see them going back to childhood': Nostalgia a boon for mulberry farmers</title>
1115 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-21/mulberry-farmers-harness-nostalgia-sell-popular-childhood-fruit/12789306</link>
1116 <description>
1117 <![CDATA[
1118 <p>A Sunshine Coast couple is bringing back memories and introducing new generations to mulberry fruit, as one of the few commercial growers in the country.</p>
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1121 <dc:creator>Jennifer Nichols</dc:creator>
1122 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 15:19:10 +1100</pubDate>
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1124 <category>Rural</category>
1125 <category>Fruit Trees</category>
1126 <category>Fruit Crops</category>
1127 <category>Horticulture</category>
1128 <category>Fruits</category>
1129 <category>Fruit</category>
1130 <category>Vegetable Fruit Nuts</category>
1131 <category>Gardening</category>
1132 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
1133 <media:group>
1134 <media:description>Ripe mulberries are best picked by bending them up towards the tree. (ABC Rural: Jennifer Nichols)</media:description>
1135 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12789524-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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1140 <media:thumbnail url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12789524-4x3-140x105.jpg" width="140" height="105"/>
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1142 </item>
1143 <item>
1144 <title>Aphid outbreak prompts animal welfare concerns from authorities</title>
1145 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/cowpea-aphid-outbreak-prompts-animal-welfare-alert-for-graziers/12797184</link>
1146 <description>
1147 <![CDATA[
1148 <p>Farmers in south eastern NSW battle an aphid infestation on a scale never seen before, prompting animal welfare concerns. </p>
1149 ]]>
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1151 <dc:creator>Joshua Becker</dc:creator>
1152 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:26:16 +1100</pubDate>
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1154 <category>Pests</category>
1155 <category>Pest Management</category>
1156 <category>Sheep Production</category>
1157 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
1158 <media:group>
1159 <media:description>Local Land Services have highlighted animal welfare concerns as widespread outbreak of cowpea aphid leads to photosensitisation in sheep in NSW. (Supplied: Local Land Services: Jo Powells)</media:description>
1160 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797210-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
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1164 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12797210-1x1-1400x1400.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="1400" height="1400"/>
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1167 </item>
1168 <item>
1169 <title>Tiny SA timber town hopes to snare 'new age' production facility from Melbourne</title>
1170 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/timber-mill-toss-up-between-sa-and-melbourne/12789050</link>
1171 <description>
1172 <![CDATA[
1173 <p>Tarpeena is hoping to beat Melbourne and become the home of a $60m timber processing facility that will secure dozens of new jobs.</p>
1174 ]]>
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1176 <dc:creator>Sandra Morello And Bec Whetham</dc:creator>
1177 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 13:13:30 +1100</pubDate>
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1179 <category>Company News</category>
1180 <category>Forestry</category>
1181 <category>Manufacturing</category>
1182 <media:group>
1183 <media:description>A high-rise building in Brisbane constructed with engineered timber. (Supplied: WoodSolutions)</media:description>
1184 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796666-16x9-2150x1210.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="2150" height="1210"/>
1185 <media:content url="https://www.abc.net.au/news/image/12796666-4x3-940x705.jpg" medium="image" type="image/jpeg" width="940" height="705"/>
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1191 </item>
1192 <item>
1193 <title>Landowner says 'people's life savings will be wiped away' if saleyards expand</title>
1194 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-21/anger-over-emerald-saleyards-expansion/12785216</link>
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1197 <p>A plan to expand Emerald's saleyards has residents worrying about property prices, dust and odour.</p>
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1200 <dc:creator>Erin Semmler</dc:creator>
1201 <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2020 09:00:20 +1100</pubDate>
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1205 <category>Animal Welfare</category>
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1207 <media:description>The Central Highlands Regional Council is building 20 new pens. (ABC Capricornia: Erin Semmler)</media:description>
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1217 <title>Outback residents urged to prepare as La Niña promises wet summer</title>
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1243 <title>Famous cattle station once owned by Kerry Packer earmarked for massive solar farm</title>
1244 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-20/newcastle-waters-station-nt-set-for-worlds-biggest-solar-farm/12785256</link>
1245 <description>
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1247 <p>An iconic cattle station in the Northern Territory, once owned by Kerry Packer, is revealed as the proposed location for the world's biggest solar farm.</p>
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1251 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 18:01:29 +1100</pubDate>
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1254 <category>Electricity Energy and Utilities</category>
1255 <category>Beef Cattle</category>
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1257 <media:description>A computer-generated rendering of Sun Cable's proposed solar farm in the Barkly. (Supplied: Sun Cable)</media:description>
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1266 <item>
1267 <title>Derailed Murray Basin freight project needs $244m to get back on track, but drops crucial work</title>
1268 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/244-million-dollars-needed-to-fix-troubled-murray-basin-rail/12785988</link>
1269 <description>
1270 <![CDATA[
1271 <p>A $440 million rail project was meant to improve western Victoria's century-old network, but the revised business plan suggests some key components be scrapped after a cost blowout.</p>
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1274 <dc:creator>Charlotte King, Angus Verley And Christopher Testa</dc:creator>
1275 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:07:02 +1100</pubDate>
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1278 <category>Agribusiness</category>
1279 <category>Agricultural Crops</category>
1280 <category>Rural</category>
1281 <category>States and Territories</category>
1282 <category>Budget</category>
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1284 <media:description>The revised business case recommends against standardising old broad gauge rail. (ABC Ballarat: Charlotte King)</media:description>
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1294 <title>Riverland Wine and Food Festival evolves from party to weekend tastings</title>
1295 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/riverland-rebrand-as-food-and-wine-festival-gets-new-format/12782680</link>
1296 <description>
1297 <![CDATA[
1298 <p>COVID-19 restrictions may have broken up the Riverland Wine and Food Festival riverfront party, but its impromptu multi-venue format could be the way forward.</p>
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1301 <dc:creator>Laura Collins And Catherine Heuzenroeder</dc:creator>
1302 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 12:35:26 +1100</pubDate>
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1305 <category>Rural</category>
1306 <category>Carnivals and Festivals</category>
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1308 <media:description>The format appealed to a broader demographic as venues opened their doors for tastings. (Supplied: Riverland Wine and Food)</media:description>
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1317 <item>
1318 <title>Farmers accuse Government of driving dodgy labour by not supporting illegal worker amnesty</title>
1319 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/government-rules-out-worker-amnesty/12784968</link>
1320 <description>
1321 <![CDATA[
1322 <p>"Farmers are p***ed off" as the Government rules out an illegal worker amnesty that would allow undocumented workers to come forward without fear of being deported.</p>
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1325 <dc:creator>Kath Sullivan</dc:creator>
1326 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:07:43 +1100</pubDate>
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1328 <category>Agricultural Policy</category>
1329 <category>Crop Harvesting</category>
1330 <category>Federal Government</category>
1331 <category>Government and Politics</category>
1332 <category>Horticulture</category>
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1334 <category>Workplace</category>
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1336 <media:group>
1337 <media:description>An illegal worker amnesty to allow undocumented workers to come forward has been squashed. (ABC Rural: Emma Brown, file photo)</media:description>
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1346 <item>
1347 <title>Radar blackspots concern outback residents as La Niña looms</title>
1348 <link>https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-10-20/weather-radar-blackspot-concerns-outback-qld-residents/12782552</link>
1349 <description>
1350 <![CDATA[
1351 <p>Two new weather radars set to fill a notorious blackspot in North Queensland will not be operational for the upcoming wet season.</p>
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1354 <dc:creator>Eric Barker And Tom Major</dc:creator>
1355 <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2020 07:00:01 +1100</pubDate>
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1357 <category>Weather</category>
1358 <category>Beef Cattle</category>
1359 <category>Federal Government</category>
1360 <category>Floods</category>
1361 <category>Rainfall</category>
1362 <media:group>
1363 <media:description>Residents in Richmond and Hughenden say nearby radar services often break down in storms. (Supplied: Patsy Fox)</media:description>
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