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Tyson Foods idles largest pork plant as virus slams industry


IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods suspended operations Wednesday at an Iowa plant that is critical to the nation’s pork supply but was blamed for fueling a massive coronavirus outbreak in the region. The Arkansas-based company said the closure of the plant in Waterloo would deny a vital market to hog farmers and further […]




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Tyson's Largest Pork Plant Reopens As Tests Show Surge In Coronavirus Cases

The Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa, reopened Thursday after a coronavirus outbreak there. Black Hawk County Sheriff Tony Thompson says he'd support a second shutdown if the changes aren't enough.




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UK Passes 10,000 Mark In COVID-19 Deaths; PM Johnson Leaves Hospital

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was discharged from hospital on Sunday, when the country's coronavirus death toll passed a grim landmark of 10,000. Boris Johnson was tested positive for coronavirus with mild symptoms on March 27. He was admitted to St Thomas' Hospital in London after 10 days with "persistent symptoms" of coronavirus. He was moved to intensive care unit later as his symptoms




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The Spark Guide to Life, Episode Two: Work Productivity

Decluttering our tech, understanding your workplace 'personality', the idea of a boss as a service, and reducing our focus on 'productivity' as a means to an end.




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Fela Kuti - The Best of the Black President 2

Cherry-picked cuts from the catalogue of He Who Carries Death In His Pouch.




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Carl Nielsen - Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (New York Philharmonic; conductor: Alan Gilbert)

Rich and hugely enjoyable performances.





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Dr Jack Pascoe with tall astelia



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Dairy farmer says exodus could have been prevented if supermarkets passed on milk price increases

Another Queensland dairy farmer forced to send his herd to the meatworks says it may not have come to that if major supermarkets had passed on milk price increases.




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Hervey Bay scallops with nam phrik phao, crispy rice, turmeric and finger lime kosho




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Dairy farmer makes one final plea for milk price to increase to $1.50 a litre or industry will not survive

A Queensland dairy farmer says the only way the industry will survive is if people pay $1.50 a litre, with production costs skyrocketing in the drought.




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Australian painter Wayne Malkin claims unofficial world record with matchstick portrait

Queensland painter Wayne Malkin claims a record for creating the world's smallest painting on the end of a matchstick, but he won't make it into the record books.




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Truck pours concrete onto Sunshine Coast beach after getting bogged in sand

A Sunshine Coast business defends its decision to dump concrete on a beach north of Noosa, as the Department of Environment launches an investigation into the matter.




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Despite being 'more interested in sex', butterflies crucial to outback pollination

In Central Australia, butterflies have only several weeks in certain months to pollinate flowering plants in the desert region, making their presence there crucial.




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NSAIDs for low back pain

There's evidence we've covered in the past that paracetamol isn't very effective in back pain. But what about so called non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, NSAIDs, the most commonly used in Australia being ibuprofen?




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Organic livestock production on lower Darling halted by drought

The drought takes its toll on organic farmers who say the big dry has ruined their ability to meet the conditions of their licences, so they cannot sell their livestock as organic.




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Warmer temperatures spark pool health warning

As warm temperatures continue throughout much of Western Australia, residents are being warned about diseases which lurk in dirty pools and waterways.




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Shire faces deadline to raise $850K for Sounness Park project

The Shire of Plantagenet is facing a shortfall of nearly $1 million in its funding for a major sporting precinct upgrade, after receiving a smaller than hoped for Western Australian Government grant.




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Albany council approves Centennial Park plans

A $42 million upgrade of Albany's sporting facilities is a step closer, after the city council ratified plans for the precinct.



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Terania Creek police




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Terania Creek protest




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Terania Creek protesters




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Palaszczuk plans to reopen Queensland with eyes on New Zealand tourists

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says her Government is developing a road map to reopen Queensland's tourist trade, first for domestic travellers and then as soon as possible to New Zealanders.




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Reggie Black playing guitar




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Bourke Street attack police officer would sell home to give 'truthful testimony' at inquest

A former police officer critical of the force's response to the Bourke Street rampage is considering selling his home to afford independent legal representation at an inquest into the attack, a court hears.




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Southbank construction workers injured in cement truck pump explosion

A cement truck cleaning pump explodes on a construction site at Southbank, spraying four men with concrete and smashing the window of a passing car.




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Queens of the outback photo gallery: Backstage at a desert drag show

Hours of meticulous preparation go into every appearance on stage.



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'Beauty of country sport': the hidden storybook painted on the South Australian countryside

Memories of sporting glory, last-minute comebacks, old friendships and rivalries are hidden in plain sight behind a few coats of paint.




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Outback publican brings quirky collection to work

Tom Duddy's passion for collecting dates back to his days as a young boy hanging around shearing sheds. Now he has used that passion to turn the Prairie Hotel into a one of a kind outback museum.





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Murdered Carisbrook police officer honoured 161 years after his death

Senior Constable Edward Barnett was shot and killed attempting to stop an armed robber in 1858. Now he has finally been honoured with one of Victoria Police's most prestigious medals.




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Victorian pork producer wary of African swine fever but butcher says local consumers not concerned

The green hills of south-west Victoria couldn't be further from the latest outbreak of the highly contagious viral disease African swine fever (ASF) in Timor-Leste, but pork producer Xavier Meade isn't taking any chances.





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'My credibility's gone down the tube': Man awarded $35,000 over woman's Facebook post

Rose Bay man Bruce Goldberg is awarded $35,000 in damages over a defamatory Facebook post that implied he was a danger to women and a stalker, fuelling "chatter" in the affluent community.




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Darwin water park push to continue, even though all applications have been rejected so far

The Northern Territory Chief Minister says plans for a water theme park in Darwin are not dead in the water yet, despite his Government formally rejecting all expressions of interest in the project submitted so far.




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Dark Place trailer



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Emeroo Station to shut down after funding changes make Indigenous work program unviable, says CEO

Bungala Aboriginal Corporation chief executive blames funding changes for Emeroo Indigenous station closure.




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Former police officer and mother killed in Leigh Creek plane crash was 'beautiful friend'

Tributes are flowing for a former Queensland police officer and a respected horse stud owner killed in an outback plane crash, with investigations into the cause of the incident continuing.




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Pilot vows to keep flying after outback plane crash leaves him with broken spine

Despite breaking his back in several places in a light plane crash in outback SA that also injured his wife, experienced Perth pilot Jamie McAlindon is determined to get back into the cockpit.




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Milk price increases at supermarkets fail to reach struggling dairy farmers in Queensland and NSW

Dairy farmers say they are devastated a 10-cents-a-litre increase in the retail price of milk in July has not been passed on to them.




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Neuromodulation gives ex-Army infantryman rare relief from life sentence of back pain

Chronic back pain from a military training accident in 1980 was slowly ruining Dennis Shiller's life until he discovered neuromodulation.




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Licence to steal: The roadblock preventing fraud victims from recouping their identity

NSW identity fraud victims want more done to stop imposters from using drivers licences to lodge bogus loan, credit and debit card applications.




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Redbank power station has environmentalists fired up over restart plan

A mothballedNSWHunterValley coal-firedpowerstationis to be re-commissioned and the new owners say it willbecleaner andgreenerthanitwas beforeitshutdownfive yearsago.




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Australian Jock Palfreeman granted parole after 11 years in Bulgarian prison

Australian Jock Palfreeman is a step closer to returning home after being granted parole by a panel of three judges at the Sofia Appellate Court in Bulgaria.




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Jock Palfreeman's parents call on Scott Morrison to help get him out of Bulgaria

The parents of an Australian man detained in Bulgaria are calling on Prime Minister Scott Morrison to intervene and help secure his release.





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How Indigenous owned and run Roebuck Plains Station is changing lives in the Kimberley

Welcome to Roebuck Plains Station, where traditional owners and Indigenous people are taking back the reins, creating jobs, protecting country and forging a promising future, all while running a profitable and sustainable station.




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Man buys illegal gun accessory online that converts Glock pistol into automatic weapon

Concerns have been raised in Australia over the online sale of accessories that turn handguns into automatic weapons.