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Expansion of popular mice workshops for farmers & new biological control research
Minister for Agriculture Adam Marshall has today announced a new series of mice management workshops for farmers contending with mice plague activity across parts of the State.
Mr Marshall said the series of 16 extra workshops followed nine earlier events which were fully subscribed and very well received by producers, looking to strengthen their on-farm mice management programs.
“It is critical farmers have access to the best tools and information to manage mice and that’s exactly what we’re giving them,” Mr Marshall said.
“To help achieve this, we have secured Australia’s leading mice expert, Steve Henry from the CSRIO, to provide in person advice to landholders. Steve is a powerful asset in our arsenal who has been researching mice for over 25 years.
Isobella Evans is a journalist with NBN News in Tamworth, NSW.
After writing her first story at age twelve about an adventurous beach ball, she quickly discovered her love for writing. Since then, she has graduated from a Bachelor in Communication at the University of Newcastle and worked as a journalist for the Sydney Royal Easter Show and as a columnist for a Central Coast publication.
NBN News is Isobella s first full-time television role, and she is loving every minute of it.
The Nannas called on all parties to support a private member’s bill being proposed by Justin Field, an independent MP, to cancel all the PELs to assist First Nations’ peoples, regional communities and more.
“The Santos Narrabri Gas Project of 850 gas wells was given conditional approval by the Independent Planning Commission in September last year,” Marie Flood said.
“If the expired licences are resuscitated by the NSW government, Santos and other gas companies will resume exploration to expand gas mining and turn the North West into an industrialised wasteland. This has already happened in Queensland.
“Moves by gas companies to reactivate the PELs are also a response to the federal government sinking billions of taxpayer dollars into five new gas fields across the country: the entire Gunnedah Basin, where the Narrabri Gas Project is located, is one of the [Scott] Morrison government’s gas targets,” Flood said.
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Early hour storms in NSW Thomas Hough, Sunday May 9, 2021 - 12:05 EST
Whilst vast areas of NSW had a quiet night last night, the North West Slopes and Plains had a livelier affair, with a low pressure trough bringing storms and heavy showers.
A few isolated storms started proceeding across northern parts of the state in the late evening on Saturday, however it wasn t until around 2.30am that a line of storms about 200km long developed in the Narrabri area.
Australia Pledges $58.6M Towards New Gas Projects as Part of the Gas-Fired Recovery
Australia’s gas-fired recovery plan will see a further investment of $58.6 million (US$45.6 million), focusing on four main gas projects throughout Victoria.
The investment will go towards several projects in the state, including two gas storage projects, the expansion of the South West Victorian pipeline, and a gas import terminal project.
The funding is part of the 2021-2022 federal budget to be announced next week and seeks to build on the gas-recovery plan as a pathway to support jobs and the economy, particularly following the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus (novel coronavirus) pandemic.