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THE search is on for South Australia’s 2021 Agricultural Town of the Year with nominations now open. The award recognises South Australian towns excelling in agriculture and the flow on effect for the township and wider community. Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister David Basham encouraged communities to get involved and nominate their town. “Our Ag Town of the Year Award acknowledges the vital role that agriculture plays in the regional landscape – being the backbone of ...

Calling all aspirational wine writers July 16th, 2021 With the South Australian wine industry displaying remarkable resilience and diversity, the time to be a wine writer may have never been better. Against that backdrop of interesting stories waiting to be told, the call has gone out for applicants for the 2021 Wine Communicators of Australia (WCA) wine media cadetship, aimed at aspiring and ambitious communicators specialising in the wine sector. Minister for Primary Industries and Regional D...

Victorian fumigators will be required to undertake detailed inspections of fresh produce destined for South Australia after larvae of a destructive fruit fly was discovered in residents backyards.

Man Who Lost His Leg In Shark Attack Wins Right To Keep Its Tooth KEY POINTS He was in a coma for 10 days before bouncing back to life  Blowes thanked Australias Primary Industries minister for allowing him to keep the tooth A surfer who lost his leg in a shark attack has been waging a legal battle for the last six years — no, it wasnt for any compensation but to own his attackers tooth. He has now won the right to keep the beasts tooth that got wedged in his surfboard. Chris Blowes was atta...

Chris Blowes, who almost died after he was attacked by a great white, has won a six-year legal battle to keep the shark's tooth.

| Last updated  10:31 AM, May 05 2021 GMT+1 A man who lost his leg to a shark attack while surfing has won the right to keep a tooth from the shark that became lodged in his surfboard during the attack. Chris Blowes, 32, was almost killed during the attack, which took place in South Australia in 2015, and was left in a coma for 10 days, as well as needing his leg amputated. Now, he wouldnt ordinarily be allowed to keep hold of the tooth from his board, because its an item from a protected sp...

Shark attack survivor wins tooth shark left behind © Peter Hoare Chris Bowes, 32, lost his leg when a great white shark attacked him in 2015 An Australian man who was almost killed in an attack by a great white shark has won the right to keep a tooth the animal left wedged in his surfboard. Surfer Chris Blowes lost his leg and was in a coma for 10 days after he was attacked in South Australia in 2015. The sharks tooth was embedded in his board, but state rules ban people from possessing part...

Surfer Chris Bowes lost his leg but authorities return a tooth the shark left wedged in his board.

Chris Blowes, 32, is now allowed to keep the great white sharks tooth after a mammoth legal battle A surfer who had his leg bitten off by a monster six-metre shark has finally won a stupid six year legal battle allowing him to keep the man-eaters tooth. Chris Blowes, now 32, was viciously attacked by the massive great white at Port Lincolns Fishery Bay in South Australia on Anzac Day, 2015. At the time, traumatised beachgoers described how the predator swam off with Mr Blowes leg lodged in its ...

Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers in mill negotiations after timber expo in Mt Gambier Buyers were particularly interested in the KPT wood that had positive resi testing results, proving its suitability for construction grade lumber. Colin Wooldridge from Whitehead’s Timber Sales checks out the internal structure of the KPT logs. Kangaroo Island Plantation Timbers Ltd (ASX:KPT) has completed an expo of its timber at a yard near Mt Gambier in southeast South Australia and is in ne...