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Fruit pickers should know work rights: ombudsman
16 Mar 10 | THE Fair Work Ombudsman has warned backpackers about how to defend their rights after revelations that fruit pickers have been abused, denied water and paid a fraction of what they are owed.  | CommentsComments (1) | Fruitpickers sacked for ...Visit North Queensland Register
Fruitpickers sacked for pleading for water
15 Mar 10 | Backpackers are victims of rogue operators in the fruitpicking industry, writes Rick Feneley.  | CommentsComments (6) | Atherton avocado prices rocketVisit North Queensland Register | The ultimate diagnostic guide ...Visit North Queensland Register
Apple growers confident they'll survive import crunch
09 Mar 10 | In the depths of Batlow's winter, when overnight temperatures in the Snowy Mountains plunge to minus 10 degrees, orchardists smile knowingly.  | CommentsComments (3) | Cocoa cost bites as chocolate ... | Autumnal change calls for ...Visit Queensland Country Life | VIDEO: Spectacular conclusion with ...
Row over roadblocks amid fruit fly scare
07 Mar 10 | WHEN a tiny, pregnant fruit fly hitched a lift into Victoria's Sunraysia district recently, she sparked an immediate crackdown and kindled a row over how best to protect the region's valuable fruit-growing industries.
Rampant growth threatens market gardens
04 Mar 10 | WHEN you are biting into a tomato, cucumber or lettuce, chances are you are tasting a piece of Sydney's history. But it is a slice of Sydney that is fast disappearing, warns Therese Sweeney, the artist behind an exhibition that tells the stories of the city's migrant market gardeners.   | CommentsComments (2)
Fruit fly detected at Woodville North
03 Mar 10 | Primary Industries and Resources SA has declared another fruit fly outbreak at Woodville North today (March 4).  | Fruit fly outbreak declared at ...Visit Stock Journal | Fruit fly outbreak at MilduraVisit Stock Journal
Fruit fly outbreak declared at South Brighton
02 Mar 10 | Primary Industries and Resources SA has declared a fruit fly outbreak at South Brighton.  | Fruit fly outbreak at MilduraVisit Stock Journal | Fruit fly outbreak declared at ...Visit Stock Journal
HAC chair denies collapse claims
28 Feb 10 | THE Horticulture Australia Council (HAC) isn’t going anywhere.  | CommentsComments (3) | Tas cherries on their way to Korea | Almond harvest to exceed 2009 crop | VIDEO: Dalby marks ethanol anniversary
19 Feb 10 | A new program has been launched by the State Government aimed at supporting Riverland irrigators in their business decision making.  | $988,000 for improved broadband ...Visit Stock Journal | Family farms must brace for changeVisit Stock Journal
Almond harvest to exceed 2009 crop
16 Feb 10 | ALMOND orchards across Australia are currently alive with activity as almond growers are harvesting this year’s crop which is set to be a significant improvement on last year.  | Pickled green tomatoes bear ... | She'll be apples: cider sales ...
Tas cherries on their way to Korea
11 Feb 10 | THE FIRST-ever consignment of Australian cherries left this week for Korea.
Dow launches new citrus insecticide
30 Jan 10 | Citrus growers now have new weapon against costly citrus leafminer.  | Quarantine alert: Japan blocks ...Visit Queensland Country Life | Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura | AUDIO: Lucy Knight chats with sceptic ...
She'll be apples: cider sales soar as old favourite returns
28 Jan 10 | WHEN the Henry family started making cider 15 years ago, demand for the apple drink was dismal.   | CommentsComments (2)
Banana size shouldn't matter to supermarkets: Burke
21 Jan 10 | FEDERAL Agriculture Minister Tony Burke has blasted Australia's big supermarket chains for being too picky when buying fruit from farmers.   | CommentsComments (2) | Banana council appoints new CEOVisit North Queensland Register | Growers go bananas over wasteVisit North Queensland Register
Industry horror at new hort award
21 Jan 10 | A UNIFORM Australia-wide industrial award for the horticulture industry may make employing weekend labour too expensive for 1200 NSW growers.
Quarantine alert: Japan blocks Qld mangoes
15 Jan 10 | UPDATE: JAPAN has temporarily blocked all mango imports from Australia following the detection of insect larvae in a mango at a South East Queensland export facility.  | AUSVEG, Terranova Seeds team upVisit Queensland Country Life | Growers go bananas over ...Visit Queensland Country Life
Fruit fly outbreak at Mildura
12 Jan 10 | The Victorian Department of Primary Industries is declaring a 15 kilometre suspension zone in Sunraysia following the detection of a Queensland fruit fly in Mildura.
Brisbane in wheelie bin spin over mango glut
12 Jan 10 | BACKYARD mango trees shedding their tropical fruits this season are causing woes for Brisbane residents struggling to dispose of the glut.   | CommentsComments (1)
Growers go bananas over waste
07 Jan 10 | MORE than 100,000 tonnes of Queensland bananas go to waste every year because the fruit does not meet cosmetic retail standards.   | CommentsComments (1)
07 Jan 10 | AUSVEG wants the Federal Government to postpone the introduction of the Horticulture Industry Award until 1 July 2010, due to the significant impacts it will have on vegetable and potato growers.  | Australian growers set for ... | Growers go bananas over wasteVisit North Queensland Register | GALLERY: Photos from Hamilton and ...
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Roosters thrash Tigers

The Sydney Roosters' stunning turnaround has continued with a commanding victory.
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Pocket rocket Kukla

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Hundreds stranded in Rotto

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