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- A young, restless mother and her family move from the city to an idyllic country property at the base of a mystical and sacred Aboriginal mountain (Gulaga, or "Mother Mountain"), with the hope of starting a new life. Still haunted by a marriage break-up and a strained relationship with her parents, she struggles to find a meaningful connection with her new partner. When her daughter is bullied at the local school, an Indigenous boy comes to her aid and opens her eyes to the magic of the mountain and its bucolic surrounds, while the mother reconnects with her Jewish spirituality for guidance. But an unexpected visit from her parents, reopens old wounds and threatens to fracture her family forever.
- A reserved, young woman burdened with a weighty secret, returns to her rural hometown accompanied by her outgoing partner in order to spend the weekend with her conservative family, with disastrous consequences.
- 1985. The small coastal town of Wahan Bay is home to three tweenagers, near inseparable friends, Mitchell, Lex and Brendan. The kids, under the wise guidance and watchful eye of Mitchell's Grandad, spend their time fishing, roasting marshmallows and gliding through the streets of their small town on their Malvern Star bikes. It's summer holidays and the three decide to build the greatest bike jump the town has ever seen. But when tragedy and adult life strike, the three are faced with a new challenge. Together they must learn the importance of leaning on your mates, growing up, and bike jumps.
- Imagine a wheat crop that is drought proof, provides a return just two weeks after planting and best of all could earn nearly $800,000 per hectare. It is not a fantasy designed to torment farmers unable to even get a crop away this year. It is wheatgrass, the latest health food trend promoters claim is the new fountain of youth.
- If you have never heard of the oddly-named weed, Branched Broomrape, you should consider yourself lucky. It is one of the world's worst parasitic pests, causing billions of dollars in crop losses mostly in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia. Parts of North America are also struggling to get rid of the weed and now we have it in Australia.
- For a long time mussels were used most commonly in Australia as fishing bait. But they're fast becoming one of the most popular seafood items on restaurant menus - so fast, the industry expects local production will double within two years. While growers claim the blue mussel is threatening to overtake oysters in popularity, the shellfish is facing threats to its own existence.
- Victorian Farmers Federation president Paul Weller and Greens Senator Bob Brown go head-to-head in this week's Landline debate.
- According to its critics it's dangerous, indiscriminate and inhumane. But its supporters argue it's the most effective weapon to keep wild dogs under control. The poison 1080 is making news again this weekend, after authorities announced dramatic restrictions in 1080 aerial baiting. And woolgrowers in the northern New South Wales tablelands are furious.