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Pacific fruit pickers fly into SA to ease worker shortages this citrus season Posted 4 AprApril 2021 at 9:31am The first of about 200 Tongan fruit picking workers arrived in Adelaide on Friday on their way to the Riverland. (ABC News) Share Print text only Cancel The first 200 international fruit-picking workers will head to the Riverland after touching down in Adelaide ahead of the citrus harvest, with their arrival expected to ease "critical shortages" in the sector. Key points: The grou...

Citrus SA pushes for Pacific Island travel bubble to sustain local citrus industry updated 4 AprApril 2021 at 6:47am Citrus SA chairman Mark Doecke says a travel bubble with the Pacific Islands is needed to keep costs down for growers. ( Share Print text only Cancel Citrus SA has renewed its calls for a quarantine-free travel bubble to be established between Australia and the Pacific Islands to help secure an affordable harvest workforce in the long term. Key points: Citrus SA renews its pu...

FILE IMAGE THE current recreational snapper fishing season in South East waters will close next week with the set allocation of the popular species snapped up by fishers in just six weeks. After opening on February 1, the the five-month recreational allocation of 1077 snapper has already been reached and will close on Wednesday, March 10 at 11.59pm. Primary Industries and Regional Development Minister David Basham said following the quick quota catch, daily bag and boat limits will be reduced...

Entrance to waste recycling centre at Aycliffe Quarry, pictured in December 2015 after accident tragedy leading to death of workman on site A WASTE management and recycling company has been hit with a near £250,000 court bill, in fines and costs, following the death of an employee in a work-place tragedy. Simon Hogg, 47, from Hurworth, Darlington, and a 46-year-old colleague were clearing one of a growing number of blockages inside a trommel, a large cyclindrical drum, at the Stonegrave Ag...

Waste firm fined £200k after death of a worker when the waste machine he was inside was switched on Tragic consequences at Stonegrave Aggegates could have been avoided said Health and Safety Executive Stonegrave Aggregates Ltd at Aycliffe (Image: Google) Get the latest news from Teesside Crown Court direct to your inbox with our free email newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you thes...

Date Time SA a priority for Infrastructure Australia Infrastructure Australia has released its latest Priority List with the largest number of new proposals for South Australia in the List’s five-year history. The six initiatives are rated as either High Priority or Priority reflecting the Marshall Liberal Government’s hard work to plan a pipeline of projects and grow confidence within the construction industry in the state. South Australia has two High Priority Initiatives – Adelaide’s...

By Raquel Mustillo MEMBER for Mount Gambier Troy Bell has defended abstaining from the final vote of the state’s historic and controversial abortion laws despite voting on a number of amendments during the marathon debate. 
 Parliamentarians were granted a conscience vote on the bill – introduced to the Lower House by Attorney-General Vickie Chapman – which removes abortion from criminal law and allows termination beyond 23 weeks in certain circumstances. 
The independent MP raised ...

Print text only Cancel Hundreds of thousands of snapper fingerlings will be released off South Australias coastline over the coming months, as part of a desperate attempt to replenish critically low stocks of the native fish. Key points: A statewide ban on snapper fishing was introduced last year Authorities have spawned 300,000 fingerlings to be released back into the gulfs An SA Research and Development Institute (SARDI) restocking program was launched around the same time the ban was introdu...

Architecture news & editorial desk Australasian timber products manufacturer Timberlink, has announced plans to build a new plant to manufacture cross laminated timber (CLT) and glue laminated timber (GLT). The new state-of-the-art softwood CLT and GLT manufacturing facility – the first of its kind in Australia – will be co-located with Timberlink’s recently upgraded softwood sawmill in Tarpeena, South Australia. The sawmill at the Tarpeena site currently employs over 200 people and contr...

Riverland producers face financial hit from Christmas fruit fly outbreak ThuThursday 24 DecDecember 2020 at 1:04am A fruit fly outbreak has been declared in Renmark West after larvae were found in apricots on December 22. ( Share Print text only Cancel There are fears an outbreak of Queensland fruit fly in South Australia could be devastating for the horticulture industry, with some growers unable to move stone fruit during their harvest period. Key points: Quarantine rules mean producers are u...