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Jeremy Morton: National Irrigators Council boss on what’s next for the Murray Darling Basin Plan

Governments must honour their own commitments towards water recovery under the Murray Darling Basin Plan and leave irrigators “the bloody hell alone”. That’s according to National Irrigators Council chairman and southern NSW farmer Jeremy Morton. Speaking on today’s episode of The Australian Ag Podcast, Mr Morton said recent discussion about the need to recover another […]

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Sleeping pods revolutionising Australia’s housing crisis

This Queensland community organisation is tackling homelessness with Japanese-style “pod” housing. Founded by Helen Youngberry in 2018 and developed over three years, the Goodna Street Life sleeping pods are designed to provide temporary crisis housing for people and families facing homelessness. Each pod is slightly bigger than a single size mattress, made of aluminium and […]

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