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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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- The fine balancing act between domestic politics and international trade has again come into sharp focus this week over sugar. On the one hand Canberra has been promoting the merits of its latest rescue package for canegrowers while our trade minister challenges the fairness of Europe doing much the same sort of thing for its farmers. There is certainly a strong view that if you can't beat them... join them. But long-term the industry might need to take a serious look at alternative markets for sugar cane, like fuel ethanol and bioplastics.
- Japan's retail, food service and media industries are being targeted in a $14 million promotional campaign aiming to restore Australia's $1.7 billion beef export market. About 90 per cent of Australia's beef trade to Japan was cut last year after BSE or Mad Cow disease was discovered in Japan. And while the Japan sales recovery campaign swings into action with 4,000 in-store promotions, at least one Aussie beef exporter has been busy turning good animal husbandry into a marketing success story.
- Australia has a very proud tradition of producing top rodeo riders. We've had many world champions and many Aussies compete successfully on the tough but lucrative American rodeo circuit. Where do these good rivers come from? They don't just happen - in fact many start at rodeo school.
- There has been a sharp rise in the number of illegal fishing boats caught in Australian waters. Ten boats, most of them Indonesian, have been apprehended in the last six weeks. Their target has been shark fins.
- Tasmania's beef producers are approaching what they admit could be a seminal moment for the industry in the island state. Despite being justifiably proud of the quality of beef produced in Tasmania, it has widely acknowledged that mainland Australia is streets ahead in just about every other facet of beef production. The question is what to do about it, the Tasmanians are not giving up. They are about to embark on an industry re-structuring, which it is hoped will give beef producers the necessary confidence in their own future.
- Farmers throughout the world have a history of accepting and adopting new technology as fast as it becomes available. The massive rise in food production in the last century only came about after the widespread use of new chemicals, including herbicides, pesticides and artificial fertilisers. When GM technology emerged a couple of decades back, once again many farmers saw this scientific advance as the way of the future, a method of producing more food with less chemicals. Well, that was at least partially true but only part of the story. Landline will be looking extensively at the GM experience in America, Canada and of course Australia. Those stories will feature over coming weeks. We begin the GM journey with the BBC�s comprehensive look at the history of this remarkable technology.
- The contestants travel to Wreck Beach, on the Great Ocean Road, for a challenge that puts their honesty to the test. A past challenge comes back to haunt them when they least expect it when one contestant holds the fates of the others, before the next quiz leads to the contestant who gets the lowest score being the third to be terminated.
- The nine remaining contestants are split early in the morning, with seven of them given the task of finding the other two, who can only give answers of Yes or No to the searchers' questions, using a mobile phone with limits on the numbers and duration of calls allowed. They are then divided into two teams and set the task of guessing which celebrity the other team has formed a pixelated image of.