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- A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.
- In Australia's Outback during the early twentieth century, the impoverished Carmody family lives a nomadic life out of their wagon, but the mom and son want to settle, while the dad is against it.
- The story follows a man who returns home to discover a long-buried family secret, and whose attempts to put things right threaten the lives of those he left home years before.
- After four men on a fishing trip discover a dead body in the water, they choose to delay reporting it and continue fishing.
- During the 1860s, Dave Powers, apprentice to a horse trainer, volunteers to ride Archer to the Melbourne Cup race. Their start is 600 miles from Melbourne, and the journey is anything but easy. Of course, the pair have numerous adventures along the way, and in the end Archer competes in the Melbourne Cup race.
- Back Roads is taking viewers to some of Australia's most interesting and resilient communities. The towns chosen for the programnme are full of colourful characters whose grit and good humour continues to uplift and inspire.
- After seeing the destruction of the fragile alpine ecology of Australia's Snowy Mountains first hand, Richard Swain decides to speak out. Hard hoofed animals are trampling and endangering the headwaters of three iconic rivers.
- A young nature photographer hesitantly accepts an assignment to shoot for a fashion magazine which takes him to a ski resort. He leaves his loved ones behind and further distances himself by obsessively following a falcon around the snow fields, apparently in a quest for self-fulfilment.
- 2022– 1h7.4 (7)TV EpisodeThe industrial legacy of a tunnel under the Thames, how steam engines reshaped the Netherlands, and a surprising link to our digital world.
- The Snowy Valleys come alive to the sound of music and traditions, old and new, bring a community together and heal the wounds of the past.
- Landline goes to Bass Strait and Australia's largest remaining scallop fishery. Also meet the scientist whose work in sheep helped in the births of 10 million IVF babies. Plus the old alcohol that's new again - mead.
- Home delivery saving our cheesemakers; Launching the latest in bush tucker; A new health food supplement made from apples boosts hope for bushfire-hit orchardists; Plus protecting Tasmania's waterways from livestock.
- Digging deep in search of underground water; A five-year project to fix the world's longest fence; Aged care options closer to home for regional Australians; The orange police protecting a precious crop.
- The long-running debate over managing Kosciuszko's brumbies; Claims industrial hemp is being diverted into a cannabis wellness black-market; Turning faba beans into a high-value plant protein meat alternative.
- Grain growers need no reminding that the past decade has been one of the toughest nor that the biggest factor has been the weather. Australia's sheep flock is predicted to fall to its lowest level in more than a century this year.
- When we talk about environmental problems in Australia, two subjects invariably emerge at the top of the list: water and soil. In many ways, the problems we face with these two basic natural resources - such as salinity and soil degradation - are interwoven and the solutions often work in tandem as well. Many of the problems with soil and water arise from the mismatch between Australian soils, water balance and climate and the traditional European farming and grazing methods.
- Australian farmers are cashing in on the growing overseas demand for organic produce. With buyers paying up to 30 per cent more for chemical-free produce, the financial incentives are becoming more and more attractive for farmers to go organic. And while the burgeoning demand is boosting the bottom line for growers, the move towards organic agriculture is helping to make farming practices in Australia more sustainable.
- One bloke has single-handedly turned Australian bull riding from a pastime into a profession. Troy Dunn is helping to bring the most dangerous sport in the world to the big smoke.
- Abbotsleigh Citrus has only been up and running for five years, but after winning a prestigious Banksia Award, has shown already it's leading the way. It isn't just being sustainable but is also being innovative - not just in how it manages the environment but how it uses the latest technology in most parts of its operation.
- Researchers in the Top End this week unleashed one of the most devastating diseases affecting commercial banana production - all in the name of science. There have been a series of outbreaks of the soil-borne fungus Fusarium Wilt or panama disease in the Territory over the past five years, which have threatened the viability of the fledgling industry. Panama disease has no known cure or treatment. Not only does it lead to the destruction of banana plants, but it can contaminate soil and remain undetected for up to 30 years.
- Kirsten Aiken spoke with Bruce Campbell, Chair of the Year of the Outback about next year's events.
- Every once and a while on Landline we come across people who might just about have the best of both worlds. They have fled the rat race to do something they really love, are internationally acclaimed and making a good living out it.
- The drought is claimed to be a factor in the planned merger of Grainco and Graincorp. Industry analysts say a merger was always likely but the prolonged dry has brought the issue forward.
- A constant complaint these days is about the taste of tomatoes, why don't they possess the flavour they used to have? And why are the skins so thick? The answer to those questions are partially to do with mass production and partially to do with ease of transport, after all, thin-skinned tomatoes do not travel well. A Victorian company is trying to address these shortcomings in the modern tomato. The solution, apparently, starts with hydroponics.
- Run your eye down the classifieds in our major rural newspapers and magazines prior to the mustering season and you'll find plenty of jobs for jackaroos and jillaroos. And right beside them are ads for an increasing number of entry-level cattle industry courses offered by rural colleges across the country. Some of the most popular are run at the Northern Territory University's Katherine campus which this year will turn about 500 "ring-ins" into top end ringers.
- With their motto: "Waste is a resource in the wrong place at the wrong time," an enterprising group of food scientists in Sydney has turned one of the cheese industry's biggest problems into potential profit. They've developed a technique for converting whey into pharmaceutical grade lactose, worth billions globally for the manufacture of tablets. But as Sean Murphy reports, there's a big gap between promising research and a commercial venture,
- Joanne Shoebridge speaks with social researcher Hugh Mackay, about the social impact of the sugar crisis.
- The life and times of duck producer Pepe Bonaccordo read like a movie script. From humble beginnings on a subsistence farm in his native Italy, he has become the biggest duck producer in Australia and New Zealand and predicts the Bonaccordo name will be around for generations to come.
- For centuries the humble potato was a staple of the Western diet. Even in Ireland, long considered the home of the spud, during the past decade, rice and pasta have overtaken it as the main sources of carbohydrates. Australia's potato industry is trying to reverse those trends through consumer education and by breeding better varieties. But that can be a slow and frustrating process.
- Farmers throughout the world have a history of accepting and adopting new technology as fast as it becomes available. The massive rise in food production in the last century only came about after the widespread use of new chemicals, including herbicides, pesticides and artificial fertilisers. When GM technology emerged a couple of decades back, once again many farmers saw this scientific advance as the way of the future, a method of producing more food with less chemicals. Well, that was at least partially true but only part of the story. Landline will be looking extensively at the GM experience in America, Canada and of course Australia. Those stories will feature over coming weeks. We begin the GM journey with the BBC�s comprehensive look at the history of this remarkable technology.
- Australia is responsible for about 40 per cent of the world's mineral sands mining. But with the traditional mining areas of Western Australia and Queensland beginning to reach maturity, the hunt is on for new sources of rutile, zircon and ilmenite. The new boom area is the Murray Basin, where mining companies are offering some communities affected by the drought a financial lifeline.
- According to its critics it's dangerous, indiscriminate and inhumane. But its supporters argue it's the most effective weapon to keep wild dogs under control. The poison 1080 is making news again this weekend, after authorities announced dramatic restrictions in 1080 aerial baiting. And woolgrowers in the northern New South Wales tablelands are furious.
- Arguably no single group feels more threatened by the water reform process than the Australian rice growers. The collapse of their industry this season coincides with a critical global shortage and skyrocketing prices for this food staple.
- When it comes to agriculture, Rockhampton and Mildura do not appear to have all that much in common. Mildura is the heartland of Australian horticulture while Rockhampton calls itself the beef capital. However, they are united by the CSIRO�s decision to cut costs and close two of its premier research laboratories, a move that both regional hubs are determined to fight.
- In NSW scientists have stepped up efforts in cloud seeding over the Snow Mountains.