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A ripper race to find Australia’s hardest-working dog

The trusting bond between a farmer and a canine is central to farm life, with a national competition set to find the nation’s top dog.

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‘This is really scary’: farmers battle historic drought

While parts of Australia battle floods, farmers in the nation’s south are selling off stock, abandoning crops and pleading for help as drought deepens.

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Fashion spinning new yarns from a sheep’s head to tail

Wool from the head, legs, belly and bottom of a sheep is generally considered to be of little value, but a new project is spinning it into gold.

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‘Living week-to-week’: doctors struggle to stay rural

After the cost of daycare fees, rent, electricity and grocery bills, a young rural doctor only just gets by. “I’m full-time to make ends meet and... I am living week-to-week,“ the NSW intern, who did not want to be named, told AAP. “That’s not...

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A ‘David and Goliath battle’ for Calare ends in Nationals upset

The National Party has suffered a symbolic defeat in a key rural seat, with a party defector claiming victory after a hard-fought grassroots campaign.

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