By Brad Marsellos and Jodie van de Wetering Posted April 22, 2016 15:08:35 Photo: Workers planting strawberry plants on Tina McPherson’s farm near Bundaberg. (ABC Wide Bay: Brad Marsellos) At the start of June sweet red fruit will start rolling out of about 150 Queensland farms as the state’s strawberry season begins. But first millions
Email Posted May 25, 2016 19:44:30 There was a sharp rise in the Australian share market today after solid gains on Wall Street last night and resource stocks led the way. Alan Kohler Source: ABC News | Duration: 1min 46sec Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, currency, melbourne-3000, australia Source link
Posted April 22, 2016 15:08:35 Bundaberg mayor Jack Dempsey (second from right) with SSS Strawberries staff at the construction site where the farm is building 31 units to house farm workers. Supplied: Bundaberg Regional Council Topics: building-and-construction, bundaberg-4670 Source link
Updated May 26, 2016 08:41:28 Markets in the United States rallied for a second session overnight, thanks to higher oil prices and an increasing sense of ease among investors about the prospect of an interest rate rise next month. A larger than expected fall in US crude inventories sent oil prices close to $US50 a
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Posted June 20, 2016 17:36:40 The share market has had a strong start to the week, as investors welcomed polls suggesting Britain would vote to remain in the European Union. The ASX 200 index gained 94 points to finish on 5,257 and the All Ordinaries Index jumped by 1.7 per cent to close at 5,336.
Posted April 23, 2016 08:33:40 Photo: Frank Foster (left) sponsored Don Capezio (right) to return to Gunnedah after the war. (Supplied: Capezio family) Italian builder Don Capezio was so impressed with Australia during his time as a prisoner of war (POW) that he brought his family to live here in 1951. He started a Canberra
By Paul Robinson Posted June 20, 2016 12:04:14 Photo: Figures in a State of the Regions report reveal the impact of the mining downturn on regional communities. (ABC News: Jonathan Hair) A new report commissioned by the Australian Local Government Association indicates the gas industry is growing in central Queensland as coal mining declines. The
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Updated June 20, 2016 12:44:36 Photo: Esso Australia is looking to sell some of its Bass Strait oil fields. Gippsland federal MP Darren Chester is confident oil and gas from Bass Strait will continue to be used for energy production, despite Esso’s plans to sell its interests. Esso Australia has confirmed it is looking to
