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Standing still, looking to the past no option

Listening to Treasury and finance sector leaders at a recent forum in Brisbane give a near term positive assessment for our state’s economy, it occurred to me that the term ‘resilience’ is too narrowly focused on getting ready for the next disaster. Click to check the original article.

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The success stories of people who’ve swapped city for country

Endless snooty newspaper columns were written post-Covid by those who’d moved to the country only to return to the city, shocked at having encountered smells and noise. But countless thousands have made a huge success of it, and brought their own talent and enthusiasm to rural communities. Fergus Butler-Gallie met some of the increasing number […]

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This Week in Agribusiness August 27, 2022

Part 1 Max Armstrong and Mike Pearson are at the desk this week and start off with a conversation on blessed rain coming to West Texas with Todd and Nancy Whalen of KDHN Radio, Dimmitt, Texas. Next, Max talks with Bayer’s Jennifer Ralston about soybean research benefits. Mike Pearson talks markets with Brian Splitt of […]

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Curious Questions: Why do the British love to queue?

After a summer of stoic queuing in planes, trains and automobiles, Country Life has identified five reasons why patient queueing is the British tradition that we secretly love to love. This summer, the British might be enduring a toxic mix of spiralling inflation, Saharan temperatures and chaotic travel disruption, but there has been one silver […]

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