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Push notifications from the BOM weather app will include six types of weather warnings: tropical cyclone, fire weather, flood, tsunami, severe thunderstorms and severe weather. PHOTO: Shutterstock.

THE Bureau of Meteorology has introduced push notifications on its BOM Weather app to provide more targeted advice to communities during severe weather.

BOM app upgrade to provide targeted severe weather advice

Emergency services volunteers gain louder voice

Katie Jackson

NEW LIFE: Former backpacker William "Woodie" Allen turned a working holiday into the career of a lifetime. 

FROM Ireland to Australia, one former backpacker's "Irish dream" has resulted in a decades long career in SA horticulture and a wealth of experiences he'll never forget.

Irish dream evolves into new career

SHORTAGE: The electorate of Grey has ranked number one in the country for poor access to childcare. Picture: SHUTTERSTOCK

A REPORT released from Victoria University earlier this year has ranked an SA regional electorate as one of the country's worst performers for childcare accessibility, with early childhood educators calling for change heading into the federal election.

Childcare scourge highlighted in SA regions

Chris McLennan

MANY CREDITORS: Stuart Price's failed hay export company is believed to owe more than $14 million.

Failed hay exporter's properties are under contract but too early to know whether creditors will be paid.

Creditors of failed hay exporter wait on land sale proceeds

Golden North is an iconic SA brand from Laura in the state's Mid North.

ICONIC Laura ice cream company Golden North has beaten out 12 big-name competitors to be rated the number one ice cream for the fifth consecutive year.

SA's Golden North wins customer satisfaction gong for fifth year running

Kiara Stacey

Silo art can have a major impact on the wellbeing for rural and regional areas according to silo art expert and researcher Amelia Green who made a visit to the Murray River, Lakes and Coorong region last month.

Silo artists enhances local spend

HARD KNOCK: A further fruit fly detection has been declared in the Riverland this week, with Citrus SA chair Mark Doecke saying growers could face losses of upwards of $150 per tonne of fruit due to chemical dips and export restrictions.

THE Riverland fruit industry has been dealt another blow, with a further fruit fly outbreak declared this week.

Fruit fly outbreak 'perfectly bad timing' for industry

Viterra is about to undertake the state's largest ever canola export program.

Viterra to export record canola receivals from SA

Declared weed home to devastating pest

Bradley Burge and William Bray with Sims Farm technician Roger Story mark the start of seeding at Sims Farm.  

Riverton and District High School year 12 student Courtney Nourse was upset about the federal government's changes to youth allowance because it would stop young people from taking a gap year before starting univeristy. 

Saddleworth contactor Steve Button received approval for the Exceptional Circumstances interest rate subsidy.  

Eyre Peninsula cropper Freddy May celebrated good rain. 

Biological Farmers of Australia chairman Andrew Monk with Dr DeAnn Glenn. 

Mid North farmer Michael Weckert with his son Jack, Hillriver, were dealing with a massive fox problem. 

Mark and Debby Hale, Hallett, Roy and Debra Blight, Burra, Tom and Marilyn Wardle, Crystal Brook, Kym and Lyn Riggs, Kymbalyn, Hallett, and Tom and Deb Quin, Mount Bryan. 

Richard Russell beside his recently purchased tractor. 

Hart Field Site group research Peter Hooper has trialed the effectiveness of a range of herbicides on the bifora weed.  

Ian Roberts was named a champion of the community on the Yorke Peninsula and Mid North. 

Beef Australia Ranbank's new Young Ambassador Elisha Seekamp. 

Cattle Council's Jed Matz highlighted the individual status of agriculture at the Copenhagen climate change discussions. 

Jenny Hall, Jamestown, and Ann McNeil, Port Pirie. 

Ros and Dale Oates, Jamestown, work up a storm on the dance floor. 

Margaret Thomas, McLaren Vale, and Scott Richardson, Adelaide, at Jamestown. 

Secretary of the RFDS Jamestown and District Support Group Gill Redden with husband Phil, Jamestown. 

Danny Hooper, Clare, performed at Jamestown. 

Smoko at Shearing Tim - Photographer Carol Suter, Ceduna. 

Christie Shrubsole, Lucindale Area School, heifer expo entrant. 

St Mark's College resident students Tim Watson and Alyce Jankowski. 

Sufficient mulesing alternative needed. Woolgrower John Wilkinson concerned about 2010 deadline for mulesing. 

Sheepmeat Council president Kate Joseph. The first female to take on the job. 

Kraft dairy procurement director Mike McCully said the US dairy industry was suffering as a result of over-supply.  

Strathalbyn market yardman Ian Rothe and PIRSA animal health officer Wayne Mossop at the prime cattle market. 

Austral Meats' Peter O'Leary with his son Lachlan, Barabba, at the Strathalbyn cattle market. 

John Payne, Crystal Brook, sold a heap of lambs at Dublin market before the end of the finanicial year. 

Alice Springs youngster Dusty Napier won the 9-12 years old handler class at the Alice Springs Show. 

Narrung dairyfarmer Lou Sanders and husband Craig welcomed federal money for women in agriculture. 

Pygery farmer Jock North was enjoying above average rainfall and a heap more was about to arrive on the Eyre Peninsula. 

Ron Greentree with workman David Brown, has planted 94,000 hectares of crops across NSW. 

Retired educator volunteers with isolated students educations' Bruce Stewart with Eliza Palme, governess Karly Paynter, Cat Palmer, Lou Palmer and Joy Stewart at Mount Victor station. 

Rural Solutions SA consultant Kieran Wauchope with Lower EP farmer Mark Modra discussing research and its impact on the business. 

SA Farmers' Federation Grains Council chairman Michael Schaefer is open to the idea of SA and WA grain groups joining froces. 

Eyre Peninsula farmer Wayne Puckridge says Rural Directions' new text messaging service Prices Direct will save him time rather than chasing grain prices. 

SA grower Darren Longmire used a Twin Rotor combine in the 2008 harvest. 

Simon and stud owner Dan De Jager. Simon was the manager of Hidden Valley Angus stud near Naracoorte before his accident. 

Chris and Jan Anderson, Gerry and Stacey Leaver, and Donald and Carolyn Martin, Broken Hill. 

Chris and Bill Elliott, Wilcannia, with long-time friends Rick and Robyn Taylor, White Cliffs. 

Rory Taylor, White Cliffs, Holly Lance, Broken Hill, and Rick Taylor, White Cliffs. 

Bec Weston, Evan Boylan, and Bec Olds, Broken Hill. 

RFDS chief medical officer John Price and his wife Anne. 

Angela MacKenzie and Melissa Channing, Broken Hill. 

Peter Hall casts an eye over the shearing board. 

Tony Overton, Walcha, NSW, points out the finer points of fleece preparation. 

North Ashrose. SA Merino Field Days winning pair. Principals Tom and Matt Ashby. 

Pastoral extension officer Bryan Gill pictured with winning steers. The Northern Territory Government's Arid Zones Research Institute at Alice Springs took the centenary cup perpetual trophy. 

Alice Springs Show. Sarah Truran, Echunga, pictured with the champion of any other breed. 

Chris Thompson, Bayview Shorthorn stud, Yorketown, won grand champion Shorthorn bull.  

Murray Ferme, Gumview Charolais stud, Crustal Brook, won champion Charolais bull at the Alice Springs Show. 

David Bennett, Yambro Poll Hereford stud, Frances, topped the Alice Springs bull sale. New owners Nikita Hayes, her father Ben and agent Mick Newmann, NT. 

Shannon Haynes, Undoolya Station, came second in the 9-12 years old junior handler competition. 

Five year old Jamie Hayes won the calf classic. 

In the month of July in 2009, it was a year of great political debate and many flashy events to celebrate the plethora of organisations that make the country wonderful. 

The Royal Flying Doctor Service held a women's auxiliary dinner at Broken Hill  that attracted hundreds of guests. Jamestown also held a night out for its community and the Alice Springs Show attracted many SA studs to the showring. 

But the month of July also generated big discussions about cuts to youth allowance for rural school leavers and rate rises that hit the pocket hard of many farmers, forcing many into uncomfortable territory. 

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