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Saturday, 29th December 2012
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
The South Australian No-Till Farmers Association has been successful in gaining funding from State Natural Resource Management boards to send farmers to its Viterra 15th annual SANTFA conference.
www.stockjournal.com.au/news

The South Australian Museum says the introduction of wind farms has led to greater discoveries of the pygmy bluetongue lizard in the State's mid-north.
www.abc.net.au/rural

Harvest is almost complete across the state with many farmers relatively happy with how it has gone.
www.abc.net.au/rural

Landholders within the Southern Mallee BushBids boundary, with areas of native vegetation on their property, are invited to apply for funding for native vegetation management.

S.A. country show dates for 2013.
www.sacountryshows.com



AUSTRALIA
The Co-ordinator of the Northern Territory Frog and Reptile Watch, says more native species in the NT will become extinct, if stronger action isn't taken to control cane toads.

Leighton Holdings has won a $923 million contract to help build onshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities at Blaydin Point in Darwin, as well as a four-year $280 million operations and maintenance contract for the same project.

The ocean temperature off the west coast of Australia has risen by five degrees and it's killing off large numbers of valuable seafood stocks.

The race is on for livestock importers buying cattle from Australia to meet the Federal Governments animal welfare standards.

Antarctica may be the most pristine place on earth, but that doesn't mean it's free of pollution. The abandoned Wilkes Station is littered with junk and a nearby dump contains all manner of nasties.

Monash University's Animal Gene Storage and Resource Centre has been on ice since 2006. The frozen animal bank needs roughly $100,000 annually to keep running and for now, like many of the animals in its collection, sits on the brink of extinction.

Bats are amazing creatures. They’ve been around for at least 65 million years, and in that time have become one of the most abundant and widespread mammals on earth.


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Japanese whaling vessels have reportedly departed for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt.

British scientists who were attempting to drill beneath Antarctica in a search for undiscovered life have called off their mission.

2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Becomes First Vehicle to Meet California's SULEV20.

Potentially Dangerous Asteroid Now Confirmed to Miss Earth in 2040, Says NASA.
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