Australian almond sector set for “year of growth” – Rabobank Australia report - with producers expecting to see margin improvement piapiggott rabobank.com.au/media-releases…

Spoke to Simon Evans at Financial Review about the wine glut ahead of Chinas tariff removal🍷afr.com/companies/agri…

Great op for high school kids in Melbourne and Brisbane to get media experience with ABC Pacific

careers.abc.net.au/en/job/503853/…

Another step towards trade normalisation: China’s Commerce Ministry hands down interim decision to remove tariffs on Australian wine. Final decision expected by end of month, but everything pointing in same direction. Careful response from Treasury Wine Estates:

Number of children with high blood lead levels doubles in Port Pirie, while toddlers show improvement abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0… via ABC Australia

When Kerry adopted 3 rescue huskies to help her sons heal from domestic abuse, she never envisioned how much the rental market would change in the decade to come.
My story for ABC News on how the housing crisis is putting rescue charities on the frontline abc.net.au/news/2024-03-0…

‘We can't guarantee this job will provide a liveable income; it will, however, enable you to generate a sizeable chunk of pocket money, while at the same time making an unmistakably positive impact on society.’
Nope. Get in the bin. Pay freelancers what they are worth MEAA

From Sat-Sun, we had 80+ trees down across SA. More heat = more trees down
Stay safe by not parking cars/setting up camp under them. Seek out alternative shade options away from them
More tips: ses.sa.gov.au/heatwave
Life-threatening emergency: 000

media literacy in 2024

if you meet anyone from america and they tell you that they grew up anywhere other than new york or LA, just nod your head and say 'ah yes, big sky' and they will love you forever

It would have been very easy to cover Mardi Gras without any examination of its politics. But that's not what we do at SBS. Here is a nuanced conversation with Mardi Gras' conscientious objectors on why they skip the event
sbs.com.au/news/article/f…

29 February 1876 | Czech Jew Otto Herz was born. On 24 October 1942 he was imprisoned in Theresienstadt Ghetto and on 15 December 1943 deported to #Auschwitz .

He did not survive.

It’s so annoying when I’m standing at the crossing and someone presses the button because OBVIOUSLY I pressed it already!! but it’s okay if I walk up and press it even if someone is there because sometimes people don’t for some reason!!

#GazaniaAlert : spent last few days in the Riverland region and really concerned to observe the damage weedy gazanias are doing to productive cropping country. We'll tackle this issue over next few years. Drop me a line if you want to be involved in our new GRDC project.

Farmers are resilient. We've seen it time and time again. But gosh, it's a really hard time for grape growers in our part of the world right now - they've had enough and many want out. Thank you to those who shared with Eliza Berlage and James Wakelin.
abc.net.au/news/2024-02-2…

Speaking of water, this is Kynuna Station in QLD… this is what happens when the great Diamantina River gets a belly full… and some!

My best mate from outside of agriculture sent me this Gillian Fennell

Change starts here. Membership MEAA means having a voice, and voting for council members who will fight for journos at every stage of their career, to create a more equal media landscape that holds our industry to a higher standard.