15/05/2008 | New electronic eartags are being put under a fierce test in a century-old woolshed in western Victoria where some 4000 stud sheep at Nareeb Narreb, Glenthompson, have been tagged with the new National Livestock Identification Scheme electronic tags.

15/05/2008 | SOUTH Australia's agricultural sector will have to adopt a wait-and-see approach before knowing the full effect of the Federal Budget handed down on Tuesday. The South Australian Farmers' Federation yesterday (Wednesday) said that it had concerns about the lack of funding specifically targeted for SA.

15/05/2008 | AS IF to showcase just how diverse broadacre farming has become in South Australia in recent years, a Mallee property at Karte, north of Parilla not only caters for sheep, prime lambs and cereal crops, but also engages in an interesting mixture of other rural pursuits.

17/05/2008 | Government cracks down on dole cheats, giving Centrelink investigators easier access to welfare recipients' bank accounts.

16/05/2008 | A 19-year-old flight attendant has been accused of setting a fire aboard a commercial airplane after he lost his tempter.