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Rural Highlights

Plague locust updates: The ABC Rural update site for information on plague locust outbreaks in your region.
Mining and Resources: Babs McHugh and our reporters cover the latest in mining news.
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News

Features

A long fight for the long paddock

New South Wales' travelling stock routes and reserves (TSRs), provide land that drovers and apiarists rely on for their living and that many of us use for a dip in the river or a picnic in the scrub.

Angry never quite realised his potential

The older you get, the wiser you get and that gives old dogs the rights to growl sometimes!

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Smoke on the harvest - a recent fire in National Park adjacent to family farm, north-west of Patchewollock, Victoria, Australia.

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Audio

Rural Podcasts

Subscribe to ABC Rural podcasts. See the ABC Podcasting page for more information about podcasting.

Rural News Podcast

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/audio/nrnpodcast.xml

Bush Telegraph

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/feeds/bth.xml

Country Breakfast

http://abc.net.au/rural/breakfast/rrfull.xml

Country Hour Highlights

http://www.abc.net.au/rural/audio/chpodcast.xml

Rural Reporter

http://abc.net.au/rural/reporter/rrfull.xml

ABC Rural Programs

Listen to the latest ABC Rural radio programs. For help listening to audio on your computer, see the ABC Streaming page.

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Rural News [ MP3 | RealMedia 28k+ | ]
Bush Telegraph [ MP3 | RealMedia 28k+ | WinMedia 28k+ ]
Country Breakfast [ RealMedia 28k+ | WinMedia 28k+ ]
Rural Reporter [ MP3 | RealMedia 28k+ | WinMedia 28k+ | ]
Resources Beat [ MP3 | ]

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Last updated: 10:19am, Tuesday, 25 November 2008

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Weather

National synopsis as of Tuesday, 10AM

A front is bringing a burst of colder, showery winds to TAS, southern VIC and southeastern SA. Weak highs are keeping the rest of SA, VIC and southern NSW and southeast QLD dry. A trough in WA is drawing warm northeast winds to the southwest and causing inland thundery showers. A trough in the northern jet is heling cause a few storms in northwestern WA near a surface trough. The southern jet is sending a front and colder, stronger winds across TAS and southern VIC.

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