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Outback town brings in chickens as egg shortage hits NT

The impacts of a widespread egg shortage are being felt in the most remote parts of Australia where residents are improving their food security.
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Four Aboriginal women stand two on either side of a sign on their chicken coop which reads 'chooks safe house'.

Wanted: 10,000 feral pig ears to help control 'one of Australia's worst pest animals'

From national parks to farmland, feral pig numbers continue to explode despite control efforts. But the pig hunting industry hopes a collection of 10,000 pig ears will provide the answers they have been searching for. 
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Feral Pig standing in muddy water in front of sugar cane

Tonnes of tobacco, cash and illegal guns seized by police in raids across Melbourne and regional Victoria

Police say more than three tonnes of illegal tobacco have been seized in raids on properties in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Police allege the properties are linked to the leader of an organised crime syndicate.
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A man with two police officers.

Wild dog or dingo? Ancient DNA study suggests there's not much dog at all

DNA analysis suggests dingoes breed with other dogs less than previously thought and reveals key populations predate European colonisation.
A single dingo lies down on sand

Abattoir receives 'slap on the wrist' after government investigation into 1,400-tonne carcass dump

Piles of slaughtered animal waste were exposed on Yeeda Station, near the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia's Kimberley region. The culprits are to receive a letter of warning.

feel good:Search for Queensland's best rooster crow leaves entrants 'empowered, exhilarated'

Poultry fanciers have channelled their prized animals by giving their best cock-a-doodle-dos to be crowned crowing champions.
Humans competing in a crowing competition

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Tonnes of tobacco, cash and illegal guns seized by police in raids across Melbourne and regional Victoria

Police say more than three tonnes of illegal tobacco have been seized in raids on properties in Melbourne and regional Victoria. Police allege the properties are linked to the leader of an organised crime syndicate.
Updated
A man with two police officers.

Instant coffee prices set to increase as crops in Vietnam suffer yield loss

Instant coffee could become even more expensive as Vietnamese producers fear farming land in the country could be halved by 2050 due to climate change. 
An illustration shows instant coffee, a plunger, a pour-over device and a stovetop coffee maker.

'Up-and-coming Barossa Valley' pushes back against large solar farm

Residents in the regional Victorian community are concerned a proposed 665-hectare solar farm would change the microclimate of the renowned grape-growing region and drive away tourism.
Four people standing in front of a vineyard, green paddocks, and a blue sky.

Six months into the WA government's timber industry shutdown, locals in this country town wonder what's next

From tobacco to cauliflowers to timber, Manjimup has long struggled to find an identity that sticks. Where the small WA town heads next is the million-dollar question.  
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Black and white photo of tobacco grading at Manjimup, 1952.

Wasps cause damage to grapes

Grape crop destroyed by hungry wasps
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A damaged bunch of grapes at a Tasmanian vineyard which were attacked by wasps
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