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Story celebrating farmers with a disability wins top rural journalism award

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A story celebrating an online community that highlights the contribution people with disabilities make in the agricultural sector has been awarded one of Australia’s top prizes for rural journalism.

ABC Landline’s Halina Baczkowski (pictured right)has won the Australian Star Prize for Rural Broadcasting, sponsored by Rabobank, with her story Ability Agriculture: Farming with a disability, which also won the video category.

ACAJ President Kallee Buchanan said the judges found the story original and practical.

“They…

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