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SA country cup raced despite horse flu restrictions

Published: September 5, 2007, 4:11 am

Tags: Diseases Disorders, Influenza, Animal Welfare, Horse Racing, Adelaide 5000, Balaklava 5461, Port Pirie 5540

Organisers say restrictions in place because of the risk of horse flu failed to dent the enthusiasm of punters at the Balaklava Cup in the mid-north of South Australia today.

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AMA calls for rural health funding shake-up

Published: September 10, 2007, 6:19 pm

Tags: Elections, Federal Government, Doctors Medical Professionals, Health Policy, Federal Election 2007, Australia, Nsw, Broken Hill 2880, Mount Gambier 5290, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Renmark 5341

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) wants an overhaul of rural health funding from all tiers of government.

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New army tanks put through paces

Published: September 11, 2007, 2:47 am

Tags: Defence National Security, Army, Adelaide 5000, Port Augusta 5700, Port Pirie 5540, Whyalla 5600

The army says its newest weapon, the Abrams tank, is living up to expectations.

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PM announces $400m for drought-affected farmers

Published: September 16, 2007, 11:16 pm

Tags: Drought, Federal Government, Australia, Bega 2550, Broken Hill 2880, Orange 2800, Tamworth 2340, Wagga Wagga 2650, Toowoomba 4350, Port Pirie 5540, Renmark 5341, Tas, Bendigo 3550, Horsham 3400, Mildura 3500, Wodonga 3690

Prime Minister John Howard has announced more than $400 million in new funding for drought-affected farmers.

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Predators added to wildlife refuge

Published: September 20, 2007, 9:00 pm

Tags: Environment, Endangered Protected Species, Animals, Adelaide 5000, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Roxby Downs 5725, Whyalla 5600

A conservation area near Roxby Downs for animals that are extinct in the wild in South Australia has been so successful that a natural predator is being introduced.

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Drought hits pre-sold crops

Published: September 20, 2007, 11:03 pm

Tags: Drought, Agricultural Marketing, Wheat, Adelaide 5000, Mount Gambier 5290, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Renmark 5341, Whyalla 5600

Grain farmers are facing a double blow this season, with market pressures adding to the severe impact of drought conditions.

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Fed review urged of imminent deportations

Published: September 21, 2007, 1:20 am

Tags: Immigration, Federal State Issues, Adelaide 5000, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Whyalla 5600, Perth 6000, China, Tanzania

Concern has been expressed for the safety of two immigration detainees who are about to be deported.

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Delegates grill Brough on NT intervention

Published: September 21, 2007, 4:04 am

Tags: Child Abuse, Child Care, Indigenous, Religion Beliefs, Federal Government, Federal State Issues, Child Health Behaviour, Infant Health, Parenting, Darwin 0800, Adelaide 5000, Ceduna 5690, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540

An Indigenous child welfare group says the Federal Government must avoid trampling on human rights as it tries to protect children in outback communities.

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Further blood lead improvement for Pirie kids

Published: September 23, 2007, 10:11 pm

Tags: Health, Child Health Behaviour, Environmental Health, Blood, Lead, Port Augusta 5700, Port Pirie 5540, Whyalla 5600

New data shows that efforts are succeeding in reducing the level of lead in children's blood at Port Pirie in South Australia, where a smelter operates.

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Drought could cut wine vintage by more than half

Published: September 24, 2007, 3:10 am

Tags: Rural, Viticulture, Australia, Canberra 2600, Newcastle 2300, Orange 2800, Wagga Wagga 2650, Wollongong 2500, Bundaberg 4670, Southport 4215, Toowoomba 4350, Adelaide 5000, Mount Gambier 5290, Port Pirie 5540, Renmark 5341, Tanunda 5352, Launceston 7250, Mildura 3500

The Winemakers Federation of Australia says next year's vintage could produce less than half the fruit of a normal season.

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Youth to face adult court over fatal road smash

Published: September 26, 2007, 1:04 am

Tags: Courts Trials, Adelaide 5000, Ceduna 5690, Croydon 5008, Port Augusta 5700, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Whyalla 5600

A 17-year-old youth will be sentenced as an adult for killing his cousin during a high-speed police chase.

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European ban boosts Aust tuna export outlook

Published: September 26, 2007, 9:17 pm

Tags: Trade, Environment, Endangered Protected Species, Environmental Management, Fishing Aquaculture, Adelaide 5000, Ceduna 5690, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540, Japan

Australia's fishing industry is hoping to sell more bluefin tuna to Japan in light of fishing restrictions announced for European waters.

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Recreational fishos 'attacking pros' in SA

Published: September 27, 2007, 6:32 pm

Tags: Food Beverage, Crime, Lifestyle Leisure, Fishing Aquaculture, Australia, Port Lincoln 5606, Port Pirie 5540

South Australia's peak commercial fishing body says attacks against professional fishermen are becoming much more widespread in the wake of an arson attack in the Eyre Peninsula.

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Large oil find in Cooper Basin

Published: October 1, 2007, 8:00 pm

Tags: Company News, Oil Gas, Australia, Qld, Brisbane 4000, Longreach 4730, Mount Isa 4825, Port Pirie 5540, Innamincka 5731

One of the largest onshore oilfields in Australia is believed to have been discovered in South Australia's far north.

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Horses shot in SA outback town

Published: October 4, 2007, 8:44 pm

Tags: Animals, Animal Welfare, Police, Adelaide 5000, Kingoonya 5710, Port Pirie 5540

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