Tag: industry
City Council to lobby State Government in bid for improved state-wide taxi regulation
MOUNT Gambier City Council will support the local taxi industry to lobby the State Government for improved state-wide regulation and oversight of regional taxi services[...]
Australians seek battery cage phase out
AUSTRALIANS in rural and regional communities are just as concerned about battery cages as their city counterparts, according to a recent study[...]
Students helped into agribusiness careers
MORE than 60 scholarships, including 10 targeting a new food and agribusiness major, will support people wanting to study at Deakin University's Warrnambool campus this year[...]
Dairy industry relieved
THE Australian dairy industry looks to have normalised, with a decent seasonal outlook and better farmgate prices encouraging increased production according to the latest...
Limestone Coast leads regional tourism sector
SOUTH Australia welcomed a record-breaking 442,000 international visitors during the past year, spending a record $1.1b.
Of those, the Limestone Coast welcomed 45,000 international visitors...
Mayor demands TAFE restructure
GRANT District Mayor Richard Sage has called for the State Government to urgently restructure the regional TAFE sector, which he believes is at crisis...
Continued growth for forestry sector
A REPORT released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES) has shown Australia's forestry sector is facing some of the best conditions in its history[...]
City tourism potential
REGIONAL tourism has been identified by the South Australia Tourism Industry Council (SATIC) as a key area for growth in the state's visitor economy.
SATIC...
Fishing industry health survey shows confronting results
A NATIONWIDE survey of health and wellbeing in Australia's fishing industry has found fishers are enduring levels of psychological distress almost double that of the general population.[...]
Investors eye Limestone Coast
GRANT District Council staff have been locked in talks with a potential developer of a new processing facility and tourism project in the district.
While...
Free trade insight
EXPORTING local meat and livestock to China from a number of suppliers under one Limestone Coast banner was among many ideas floated at a...
Industry milked dry
SOUTH East dairy farmers have been delivered another major blow with an industry processing giant's shock announcement of rock-bottom farmgate milk prices.
Victorian based processor...
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Firmly entrenched in top four
THE profile of locally born and raised jockey Jacob Opperman continues to rise.
This is despite him coming out of his apprenticeship and becoming a...
