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- An Aussie becomes a national sensation when he lifts off in his deck chair tied to balloons.
- Australia 1946. A young woman escapes from an unhappy affair to become tutor to three children who are being raised by their uncle.
- Rod O'Hara bought Bellingen Video Connection in 2018 when video stores were already considered to be on the way out - if not already dead. Now, years later, against all the odds, and after facing many personal setbacks, Rod and the local community have kept this iconic local business and bastion for lovers of television, film and screen culture alive - but for how long? Return Chute: The Survival of a Small Town Video Store was selected for the Adelaide Film Festival, Screenwave International Film Festival, SWAN - Perth International Women in Film Festival, Far South Film Festival. and Canberra's What The Film (WTF) Festival in 2023. The film won Best Documentary at the Far South Film Festival and Best Open Short at What The Film (WTF) Festival.
- A 17-year-old teenager named 'Kai' goes through an emotionally stressful time writing a letter for his ex-girlfriend 'Samantha' in hopes of winning her back while finding problems about himself and the relationship.
- If you're one of the many Australians who own a horse, be it for sport or play, then you've gone through the hassle of getting your mount shod. Well a Tasmanian inventor has come up with another choice, and his horse boots, described as running shoes for equine athletes, are set to take the world by storm. For humans, footwear is an important part of the wardrobe. Now horses have a choice about what goes on their feet, or hooves if you wish.
- Who can deny that the future of Australian agriculture depends on enthusiastic farmers? But with advancing technology, globalisation and new opportunities in the city ... the number of young people interested in a life on the land is dwindling. There is however a dedicated band of young farmers who are intent on showing farming is a viable choice.
- Recently Landline brought you a story on goat meat - Now here's a story about new hope for goat fleece.
- As dawn broke in the main street of Barcaldine, around 800 locals clustered to see the opening of the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music. The big moment everyone was waiting for was the world premier of the Barcaldine's very own Big Marimba Band. Around 150 kids and adults from the Barcaldine community have spent the last two months making and learning to play marimbas.
- With agriculture in crisis worldwide there's good news from Latin America. Harvests are being tripled. Rainforests are being saved. The whole environment is benefiting from a remarkable bean that really does work miracles with people's lives. In the fairy story, Jack plants a magic bean and his family prospers. Now in Latin America farmers are planting a magic bean with similar results. The bean is called "Mucuna" - the a velvet bean and extraordinary claims are being made for it: bigger harvest and more food without cost to the environment.
- The Australian wild dog has long been the curse of the landholder. Even with a constant vigil throughout the pastoral regions of mainland Australia, wild dogs still cause havoc. Stock losses annually total hundreds and thousands of dollars and landholders across the eastern seaboard believe dog attacks are increasing. And there's a disturbing new trend emerging of wild dog attacks on humans. Reporter Tim Lee visited the remote high country regions of Victoria and New South Wales for this special Landline report.
- After a lifetime of collecting, former scientist Ken Plomley has reluctantly decided to part with his treasures. Among them are some of the rarest and valuable books on early Australian agriculture. The jewel of his library is an 1826 book on agriculture and grazing in New South Wales, by James Atkinson. It cost Ken 50 pounds back in the early 1960s. The winning bidder in Melbourne on April 16, will likely pay more than $30,000. They may be antiquarian, but Ken's agricultural books make some surprisingly sharp observations about farming in the fledgling colony.
- Australian farmers are increasingly adopting controlled traffic farming practices as a means of minimising the impact of soil compaction caused by farm machinery and lifting crop yields.
- This time next year Australia could well be growing genetically modified food crops for the first time. We have had GM cotton for about six years but food is different. All sorts of accusations have been made about the benefits and drawbacks of GMOs, also called biotech or genetically engineered crops. Working through the maze of information is not easy but Landline is attempting to do just that. Landline�s Prue Adams recently hosted a forum discussion with a panel of eight of the best minds, those who agree or disagree with the imminent roll-out of fields of genes.
- Thirty years ago Western Australia's Margaret River region was depressed and its traditional primary industries such as dairy farming and timber were in sharp decline. But a new wave of winemakers and young surfers helped transform the Margaret River brand into one of Australia's best for quality gourmet food and beverage. So much so, the West Australian government is now using Margaret River to spearhead a new export drive into Asia, via Singapore.
- We've come to rely on road transport delivering not just the food and fibre we produce but most of the freight that sustains families and farming communities right across the country as well. Now one small town's fifteen minutes of fame has also turned up on the back of a truck, a very long truck, as it turned out.
- There was a time when every saddle was tailor made for the horse it sat on. In more recent times, saddlery like so many other traditional trades has been swamped by cheaper, mass produced goods. However Tim Lee's found a master saddler in Melbourne who's bucking that trend with his commitment to cutting edge design and hand-crafted quality.