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14/03/2010
Trouble at Mill
Almost a year and a half has passed since Landline reported on a world-first green energy development that was all set to revolutionise the New South Wales sugar-cane industry. However the project that promised to cement the financial future and environmental credentials of the state's 600 growers hit political, technical and financial problems right from the start. What was once touted as the country's largest non-hydro renewable energy project is days away from going into receivership.
Seeds of Life
Eight years since independence, massive amounts of international aid continue to pour into East Timor. The majority of its people live in rural areas in grinding poverty, surviving on less than $1 dollar a day and enduring several months a year of near starvation. An Australian-funded aid agency develops and distributes new varieties of seeds for crucial staple crops such as rice and maize, and as Landline reporter Tim Lee discovered, it’s starting to transform whole communities.
Hey Mr Tamborine Man
Being small has been no barrier to success for one of Australia's more unique beverage manufacturers. In fact, Queensland's Tamborine Mountain Distillery boasts the most international awards of any Australian distillery for its range of spirits, schnapps and liqueurs. All from humble beginnings on a two-hectare orchard, growing fruit rejected as unfit for supermarket shelves.
Rural News
Updated: 16/03/2010
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