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E) The Holy Ghost. 2. Banana bread was another popular lockdown bake. In a standard recipe, how many bananas does it take to make a 2lb loaf? A) 8. B) 6. C) 4. D) 2. E) 1. 3. In the first lockdown, which groups of items were the number one panic buys? A) Candles, champagne, massage oil, chocolate, strawberries. B) Maltesers, prosecco, Percy Pigs, depilatory creams. C) Flour, UHT milk, dried pasta, tinned soup. D) Steak bakes, lager, frozen chips, Pot Noodles. E) Ibuprofen, Sudafed, Radox, Nytol...

Timber harvesting jobs lost in SA and Tasmania as China widens ban on Australian forest products MonMonday 28 updated MonMonday 28 DecDecember 2020 at 8:04am The timber industry says 150 contractors have lost their jobs in the Green Triangle region in South Australia. ( Print text only Cancel Hundreds of jobs have been lost as Chinas uncompromising bans on Australias timber exports get tougher, according to industry leaders. Key points: Another 100 jobs have been lost in Tasmania The timber ind...

Date Time Like australia, Canada banks on massive production tree planting for jobs and climate The Australian Government’s target for one billion new production trees, announced two years ago, has been emphatically endorsed today by news that Canada will spend $3.16 billion to plant an additional two (2) billion trees by 2030. Canada says it is a plan for meeting its climate change targets, as well as increasing the renewable resource used by the enormous Canadian timber sawmilling and proce...

China export ban forces timber industry to look to local market to save jobs FriFriday 11 DecDecember 2020 at 7:30pm About 100 direct Tasmanian jobs and hundreds of indirect jobs could be impacted by the ban. ( Share Print text only Cancel The timber industry is hoping new opportunities in Australian manufacturing might save jobs amid ongoing trade troubles with China. Key points: Industry representatives are asking governments for help establishing downstream processing and manufacturing in lo...

Federal MP Tony Pasin sceptical about Chinas beetle excuse for timber ban ThuThursday 10 updated ThuThursday 10 DecDecember 2020 at 6:56am The federal electorate of South Australian MP Tony Pasin (right) includes part of the Green Triangle forestry region on the South Australian-Victorian border. ( Print text only Cancel A federal Liberal Party backbencher is "sceptical" about Chinas claim that it decided to ban timber imports from South Australia because of a biosecurity threat from beetles. K...

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