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Working holiday visa pause leaves farms short as harvest season looms

A migration slowdown on skilled workers and backpackers has farmers concerned their workers' visas won't be approved in time for the upcoming harvest season.

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Australia's most expensive bull could attract $1m in semen sales

It may be years before Australia's most expensive bull, Wyatt, finds himself in a paddock with the ladies.

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Hyper-scale data centre could draw quarter of Queensland's power usage

The proposed $30 billion data centre in Queensland has a peak capacity comparable to the average power requirements of 1.5 million households.

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Country Women's Association celebrates 90 years in outback town

Founded when there were fewer than 50 women in Tennant Creek, the town's CWA branch is celebrating 90 years of service.

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Diesel price 'deja vu' for grain farmers nearing harvest

Farmers are embarking on the fourth largest winter harvest on record as the diesel price rises again.

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Australia's northernmost incursion of varroa mite detected in Queensland

The devastating honey bee parasite Varroa destructor mite has been detected in Far North Queensland, in what is believed to be the most northern detection of the destructive pest in Australia.

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