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- An evocative crime thriller that captures the chilling action and sharp wit of Peter Temple's acclaimed novel The Broken Shore. In this gripping adaptation, Detective Joe Cashin uncovers a web of lies, betrayal and police corruption in a small coastal town where tensions are at boiling point and the shocking face behind the community's respectable mask is slowly unveiled.
- A midnight phone call from a friend asking for a favor leads a failed writer to be trapped on a surreal subantarctic island, with darkly comedic consequences.
- Jerry needs a job. But when the bicycle he "borrows" from the sports shop during his interview is on-stolen from him, a series of calamitous events unfold that could potentially destroy any chance whatsoever of him succeeding- or, ironically, might just deliver him the job he so desperately needs.
- Confronted by retirement, a fourth generation fisherman grapples with the selling of the boat he built with his father.
- The mysterious dieback of grazing pasture; A young WA family embrace farming life; Paying farmers for supporting biodiversity; Purple beehives defending against varroa mite; Promising cattle tick vaccine research.
- If you had to name Australia�s favourite fruit it would have to be the banana. We eat millions of them every year and although we usually associate banana growing with Queensland and northern New South Wales the most productive plantations in Australia are in western Australia. The bananas from the west are grown in tightly packed plantations and as a result they are not as large as their eastern cousins but some clever marketing has turned a negative into a positive.
- One subject, which will inevitably involve farmers, is ethanol production. To create this fuel extender, farmers are needed to grow the crops from which ethanol is extracted. But as Landline found out, despite the inevitable decline of our fossil fuel resources, with few exceptions, enthusiasm for ethanol is surprisingly low-key.
- With agriculture in crisis worldwide there's good news from Latin America. Harvests are being tripled. Rainforests are being saved. The whole environment is benefiting from a remarkable bean that really does work miracles with people's lives. In the fairy story, Jack plants a magic bean and his family prospers. Now in Latin America farmers are planting a magic bean with similar results. The bean is called "Mucuna" - the a velvet bean and extraordinary claims are being made for it: bigger harvest and more food without cost to the environment.
- A group of militant farmers is attempting a coup in northern Victoria. The rebels are pitting their forces against their local Council over the issue of rates. The rural ratepayers of the Gannawarra Shire want immediate reform of the current rating system which they've decried as 'unjust'. After a two long battle and the failure of repeated mediation talks, this week the conflict goes before the Victorian Supreme Court. It's a court case which could have significant implications for rural shires across Australia.
- The cane toad's economic impact might be hard to determine, but it is renowned for harming many of our native animals, especially frogs. Since the toad's introduction to control another pest flopped, there have been several attempts to find a way to get rid of it. They too have been unsuccessful but only now are scientists at the CSIRO confident they will soon have the answer.
- 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 many years Australian natives trees have been just as integral to third world countries where other plants died, hardy Australian species have thrived providing much needed food and fuel resources. At the heart of both our revegatation and aid efforts is the little-known Australian Tree Seed Centre.
- A look at a product which it is claimed will prolong your life and it will fight cancer and it will reduce heart disease. That's not all - the really good news is that it is a red wine or at least a style of red wine. We did not have to travel far to give wonder wine a test taste, we found it at a small winery not far from Brisbane.
- When most of us talk about "buying back the farm" we usually mean 'Australians reclaiming property owned by overseas interests'. For some it's a reassuring, even defiant swipe, against the inexorable globalisation of agribusiness. While for others its a more sentimental statement about reconnecting with unique landscapes, plants and animals. Then there's the Australian Bush Heritage Fund, which is committed, not just to buying back the bush, but working with farmers doing their own bit for biodiversity. What started as a seed of an idea planted 13 years ago in Tasmania has grown into the most significant privately funded conservation group in the country.