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Strong support was shown locally and through the Auction Plus platform at last week’s Warrawindi Farms 17th Annual Ram Sale. […]

Date Time Online scammers targeting farming community The cattle farmer, from Mitchell in the Western Downs, recently fell foul of the business email compromise (BEC) scam when he purchased cattle at Auction Plus, and transferred money using account details on a TopX invoice that had been hacked by scammers. BEC scams occur when a hacker gains access to a business’s email accounts, or ‘spoof’ a business’s email so their emails appear to come from the company. The hacker then sends email...

“We only ever used to go out and get a little handful for the local races in the camel tagging or if someone wanted a handful to train up for racing,” he said. Camels were introduced to Australia in the 1840s as pack animals for British explorers. As of 2015 there were an estimated 1m feral camels in Australia, with the population at risk of doubling every nine years without culling. They are effective against thorny weeds because they eat everything – according to the Northern Territory ...