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Recent Rainfall Boosts SA Crops

Agriculture Minister Leon Bignell said the latest edition of PIRSA’s Crop and Pasture report reveals last month’s rainfall increased South Australia’s initial 2015–16 crop estimate by 700,000 tonnes to 7.6 million tonnes. “This has an estimated farm-gate value of $2 billion and an export value of $2.4 billion.” Mr. Bignell commented “August rainfall is predicted…

Supermarket loyalty

Australia’s 14.2 million grocery-buyers would prefer to island-hop than stick to the one place. In fact, the latest findings from Roy Morgan Research reveal that more than three-quarters (77%) of the nation’s grocery-shoppers visit at least two different supermarkets in an average four weeks. “As our data has confirmed many times and in many different…

Netflix growth slowing

855,000 Australian homes (9.3%) now have Netflix—that’s over 2.2 million people 14+ with access to the US streaming giant, the August video on-demand household subscription data from Roy Morgan Research shows. “These latest incoming subscription numbers, with a simple assessment at the change in growth rates since April, suggests Netflix is on track to reach…

Future secured for SA Volunteer Firefighters Museum

South Australian Infrastructure Minister Stephen Mullighan has announced that the future of the South Australian Volunteer Firefighters Museum has been secured with a 50-year lease on State Government land in Naracoorte. “The museum has been located in a temporary sheds and shipping containers at the Naracoorte Show grounds since 2004,” Mr. Mullighan said Emergency Services…

NZ uping humanitarian support to Syria

New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully has announced a further $4.5 million to help refugees displaced by fighting in Syria, bringing New Zealand’s total humanitarian contribution to the refugee crisis to $20 million. “To date New Zealand has provided $15.5 million to support people affected by on-going violence in Syria and Iraq,” Mr. McCully commented…

NZ to welcome 750 Syrian refugees

New Zealand Immigration Minister Michael Woodhouse has announced that New Zealand will welcome 750 Syrian refugees over the next two and a half years in response to the ongoing conflict in Syria. Mr. Woodhouse explained that of the 750 places, 600 will be by way of a special emergency intake above New Zealand’s annual refugee…

5th Commonwealth Youth Games kicks off in Samoa

Following the immersive and impressive Opening Ceremony for the 5th Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa – the largest-ever cultural performance the Pacific island nation had ever presented featuring 1% of the island’s population as volunteer cast – seven of the nine sports kick off today, Monday 7 September, across two sporting complexes. “After a genuinely…

The Fire Triangle and Public Opinion

Okay, somewhere in the United States of America there is a woman with a government job, who is currently embarking on all expenses paid “holiday” because she was unable to do her job. In this editorial piece I will not be referring to her by name, because honestly I do not believe she should be…