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Countrynews.com.au serves as the online counterpart to a highly successful weekly newspaper from the McPherson Media Group. Our ambition is to emerge as Australia's leading agricultural news website, creating a national digital hub that represents the voice of rural Australia. We aim to cover various aspects of rural life and business through dedicated sections.

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My Word | Beware the brassy punch of the big band

3 days ago | countrynews.com.au | John Lewis

What is it about big band jazz music? Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content In a small space, it punches you in the face and then whacks you in the solar plexus, leaving you astonished and thrilled, like you’ve just stepped off a fairground ride.
Gowangardie future in doubt

3 days ago | countrynews.com.au | Geoff Adams

Gowangardie Weir on the Broken River could be decommissioned as part of a major project. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content The 128-year-old structure on the river between Shepparton and Benalla could be removed to improve fish passage up the river.
Broken boost

1 week ago | countrynews.com.au | Geoff Adams

Irrigators are welcoming a new development in the management of the Broken River that will see more than $130 million directed towards reconfiguration of the basin. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Farmers have suffered from unreliable water delivery since the closing of Lake Mokoan more than 15 years ago. They have had to rely on the small Nillahcootie reservoir since then.
My Word | Are we wired for goodness?

1 week ago | countrynews.com.au | John Lewis

Out here in lawnmower land it feels like a shed door is closing somewhere, and all the light of the world is being sealed in a box to leave us stumbling around in a smog of fear and uncertainty. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Important men in suits meet to discuss war and money, while thousands of children are left to starve. We are left wondering — how is this ever going to end? And what we can do?
Bega flags interest in Fonterra

1 week ago | countrynews.com.au | Geoff Adams

Bega Cheese has flagged an interest in buying Fonterra’s Australian dairy division. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Bega is seeking Australian Competition and Consumer Commission approval for the potential purchase of Fonterra’s Oceania assets. In a statement released to the Australian Stock Exchange, Bega described its role as “the natural acquirer” and it was “very interested” in the acquisition.
My Word | Has the phone outsmarted the book?

2 weeks ago | countrynews.com.au | John Lewis

When was the last time you read a book? Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Not a recipe book, or a How to Change Your Life in Ten Post-It Notes sort of book. I mean, a proper book. A solid 500-page fictional doorstop of a window into another human being’s life, like Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina. Or a five-book epic fantasy like Game of Thrones, even a big Aussie crime drama like The Dry.
Opinion | Ignored warnings, devastating floods

3 weeks ago | countrynews.com.au | Robert McLean |Robert Mclean

A young Anna Rose came to Shepparton some 12 years ago, explaining how a warmer atmosphere holds more water. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Evidence of what Ms Rose (now married with a young son) said rained down recently on the people of the NSW mid-north coast.
My Word | At last, we’re winding down for winter

1 month ago | countrynews.com.au | John Lewis

He’s finally here, with his bristle beard the colour of dry wood and a threadbare jacket of tumbling leaves. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Waiting for winter this year has been like expecting an old uncle to arrive any moment with his firewood and warm gloves to tell the party of raging teenagers in T-shirts it’s time to wind things up and go home. Our Indian summer just hung around until it was looking like the new normal.
Avenel’s social night is back!

1 month ago | countrynews.com.au | Samantha Lewis

Each week, Samantha Lewis shares her insights on various topics, from exploring new health trends to re-imagining personal growth. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Some of you will recall them as if yesterday. Many of you may have vague memories. The rest of us have only heard as our grandparents reminisced about the old-time local dances.
Opinion | From gutter leak to career insights

1 month ago | countrynews.com.au | Robert McLean |Robert Mclean

Industrial design was suggested as a path to pursue during a personal consultation with a careers’ adviser during my third year at Echuca Technical College. Hold tight - we’re checking permissions before loading more content Having never met an industrial designer, nor really knowing what one did, it was not something considered with any serious intent.