Apparently the film “Australia” will premiere in Darwin as well as Bowen – we are looking forward to making a special trip down to Bowen to see the film in the theatre where the rushes were viewed during filming in 2007. See the ‘Australia’ film website page. There are also many newspaper articles and radio […]
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Baz Luhrmann’s ‘Australia’ film
September 27th, 2007Sale of AMH to JBS Friboi
September 20th, 2007JBS (‘Jose Batista Senior’) now owns AMH (Australian Meat Holdings). JBS Friboi was already South America’s biggest beef processor, and with the purchase of U.S.-based Swifts are now the world’s biggest beef processors. Townsville Bulletin and Courier Mail articles.
National Farm Day
September 13th, 20072007 Victorian Rural Woman of the Year Deborah Bain has been instrumental in setting up a national Farm Day in May. An excellent scheme in which a city family is matched to a farming family so they can visit a farm for a day. Farm Day website.
Queensland Government Plan to Amalgamate Some Local Councils
September 6th, 2007John Howard made the point that he hears constant whinging from states complaining that the federal government rides slipshod over state rights. Yet as he pointed out, here is the Queensland Government doing to local government, exactly what they complain about having done to themselves (and don’t they buck and squeal themselves whenever anyone mentions […]