Jo Prendergast
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Rural reporter - Geraldton, Western Australia. My tweets.
Geraldton, Western Australia
Joined July 2011
“Dingoes are called wild dogs, essentially (Australians are) being lied to.”. “I don’t care what they are, they’re a large canine predator.” . “It’s an emotional thing … a calf torn to shreds, mostly the animal will still be alive.”. ✏️ w @a_film_maker .
abc.net.au
They have roamed for thousands of years, their presence woven into the country's culture and ecosystems. But the increasing presence of dingoes in areas where farmers are grazing livestock is...
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Analysis of 73 million images of the night sky flags interference problems for the $3B Square Kilometre Array project being partially built in WA’s Murchison. ✏️ @a_film_maker
abc.net.au
Global satellite internet service Starlink could interfere with the world's largest radio telescope being built in Western Australia's Murchison, a new study reveals.
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With no internet or social media, family slide-show nights were the only way to display your work to others. "We used to have film nights in those days and get family and friends to come over and watch.” . A photo evolution .🎥 ✏️ @a_film_maker
abc.net.au
As smart cameras and AI transform photography, the past helps us understand the future.
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🚢 wheat export trial two years in the making sets sail 🌾 . "There's less middlemen and maybe a greater return of value to growers.” . ✏️ w/ @belvarischetti
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Competition grows in Western Australia wheat exports as farmers fed up with export costs send an independent grain shipment from Geraldton to Indonesia.
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"We have to get someone to jump out of the trenches with the flag flying and the bugle blowing.” . Frustration at farmers’ reluctance to pay for advocacy amid calls for better unity. ✏️ w/ @belvarischetti
abc.net.au
Forming a united food producers lobby group "won't be a cheap exercise" but it is necessary to achieve results, those behind the fresh push say.
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In the wake of ‘Ocean with David Attenborough’ and the UN ocean conference, Fed Environment minister Murray Watt says Australian fishers will be locked out of 30% of waters by 2030. Industry says it will increase demand for cheap imported seafood.
abc.net.au
Shoppers are warned Australian seafood prices will rise under plans to prevent commercial fishing in millions of hectares of ocean, announced by the federal government at a UN conference this week.
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RT @DavidSandow1: 100m high 4G phone tower on top of that hill 15km away in plain sight, 4G Celfi with RFI aerial on top of vehicle, new iP….
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In August last year Siesma was awarded a $9.8m contract to build an online register of cats and dogs in WA. The contract has now “ended” and govt has gone back to the drawing board.
abc.net.au
The government has cancelled a contract with software provider Seisma to develop a statewide digital pet registration portal, a key move in its fight against puppy farming.
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One of the world’s biggest green hydrogen projects is planned for the WA coast. It’s touted by proponents and government as part of the solution to decarbonisation. But on the ground in Kalbarri, social and environmental concerns remain. W @a_film_maker .
abc.net.au
ABC Rural News provides authoritative coverage of the business and politics of Australian farming, livestock, forestry, agriculture and primary production
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RT @SamTomlin539: "Mr Foulkes-Taylor said he was up to his fifth attempt at registering on the portal and he was left feeling "angry, frust….
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Ernie Flanagan has been hunting for meat for his family for more than 50 years in WA's remote Mid West, but he's been stopped in his tracks by the Cook government's strict new gun laws.
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RT @erinmherrmann: my parents are such goofs they drove out to the backroads so my dad could play the cows the songs he’s been learning on….
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Lots of stubble burning happening around Gero at the moment. Making for some magic skies. 🤞🏻 🌧️
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