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Beekeeping in Australia is a small industry that contributes a great amount to the nation's agriculture.
Topics: beekeeping, agricultural-policy, weather, shepparton-3630, laura-5480, nabiac-2312, beechworth-3747, canberra-2600
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Australia will have an independent body to oversee its quarantine system, after the Federal Government reversed its stance on a statutory Inspector General of Biosecurity.
Topics: pests, rural, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, pest-management, quarantine, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedPopular Civic entertainment venue Smith's Alternative will close its doors despite healthy patron numbers and a strong line up of live and local performers.
Topics: small-business, arts-and-entertainment, music, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedBrumbies flanker David Pocock has been named on the bench for the Brumbies' Super Rugby battle against the Waratahs.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, canberra-2600, act, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedFarmers and miners have broadly supported changes to the 457 visa program for skilled foreign workers.
Topics: mining-rural, farm-labour, work, federal-government, government-and-politics, melbourne-3000, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedThe sacking of bachelor principals and teachers with gold fever are just some of the stories that make up 150 years of Gundaroo Public School in southern NSW.
Topics: agribusiness, access-to-education, education, community-and-society, history, history-education, human-interest, gundaroo-2620, canberra-2600
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Emergency Department waiting times at Canberra's two public hospitals continue to trail the national target, with more people seeking treatment for minor ailments.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedPolitical reporter Melissa Clarke discusses the day in politics.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, australia, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedThe way meat processors, livestock agents and buyers treat farmers will be examined in a new Senate inquiry into the red meat industry.
Topics: livestock, beef-cattle, sheep-production, food-processing, consumer-protection, shepparton-3630, canberra-2600, barnawartha-3688
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A Senate inquiry report into the government's proposed Biosecurity Bill has split along party lines over the Inspector General of Biosecurity.
Topics: pests, federal-government, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, livestock, pest-management, quarantine, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedMaged Mohommed Ahmed Al-Harazi, 34 has faced court accused of the stabbing murder of his wife, Sabah Al Mdwali, at their Gordon home, in Canberra's south.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, police, gordon-2906, act, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedBritish military historian Sir Hew Strachan questions why Australia places such significance on the landing at Gallipoli when the nation suffered worse loss of life on other World War I battlefields.
Topics: world-war-1, unrest-conflict-and-war, history, history-education, canberra-2600, act
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A new health deal designed to speed up waiting lists for surgery is signed by New South Wales and ACT authorities.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-policy, states-and-territories, canberra-2600, act, queanbeyan-2620, nsw, bega-2550
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A man accused of choking his girlfriend is alleged to have "danced like a fairy" as she lay unconscious on the bed.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA damning report into the toxic culture of the ACT Ambulance Service has been covered up by the territory's Government, the Opposition says.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, public-sector, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA journalists' union slams Tony Abbott's defence of metadata protections as "ludicrous" after the Prime Minister compares the current debate to his experiences working in the media more than three decades ago.
Topics: government-and-politics, information-and-communication, internet-technology, computers-and-technology, science-and-technology, journalism, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Olympic gold medal rower Scott Brennan has been forced into retirement by injury.
Topics: rowing, sport, olympics-summer, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedNewly independent Queensland senator Glenn Lazarus has taken exception to comments from the Prime Minister that the Senate is "feral".
Topics: political-parties, government-and-politics, abbott-tony, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedA high school worth $26 million will be built in Bungendore if the Labor Party wins the upcoming New South Wales election.
Topics: education, secondary-schools, schools, elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, bungendore-2621, nsw, canberra-2600, act, australia
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| UpdatedThe father of a Canberra girl missing in cyclone devastated Vanuatu is optimistic she is alive and helping rebuild the remote village where she is working.
Topics: act, canberra-2600, vanuatu
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Medicines Australia Chairman Dr Martin Cross addresses the National Press Club in Canberra on health policies and medicine.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-research, federal-government, canberra-2600, act, parliament-house-2600
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| UpdatedUsing beans in season and understanding flavours are just some of the secrets to brewing the best coffee, according to Australia's barista champion Sasa Sestic.
Topics: hospitality, tea-coffee, canberra-2600
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A growing appetite for meat is threatening global food security because of the pressure it places on the key agricultural nutrient phosphorus, two Australian academics argue in a new book, Meat the Future: How Cutting Meat Consumption Can Feed Billions More.
Topics: fertilisers, livestock, trade, agricultural-crops, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, university-of-technology-sydney-2007, canberra-2600, melbourne-3000
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An emergency call made by a woman who claimed to have been choked insensible by her partner is played in court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, domestic-violence, canberra-2600, act, australia
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The Waratahs have let their championship defensive standards slip and now face a Super Rugby acid test against the Brumbies.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia, act