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- The stunning landscape of Western Australia is the backdrop for an impassioned tale of love and grief in Gregor Jordan's adaptation of the acclaimed novel by Tim Winton.
- Back Roads is taking viewers to some of Australia's most interesting and resilient communities. The towns chosen for the programnme are full of colourful characters whose grit and good humour continues to uplift and inspire.
- Following a failed marriage proposal, a devastated young man embarks on a life-affirming road trip across Australia with a woman who is on a journey of her own.
- Chris has just graduated from high school in Germany. The plan now: Off to Australia. Like many others before him, he embarks on his journey to discover the Red Continent in all its facets. The documentary convinces with outstanding visuals of landscapes, wildlife, and people that come across Chris and his camera. He experiences the unique atmosphere of the backpacking community, as well as the downsides of the popular Work And Travel system. The result is an incredibly honest travel report that is executed with fresh ideas and compelling down to the last frame.
- A remote island. A few lucky campers. A mysterious caretaker. Welcome to Woody Island. While the campers are busy with beaches and barbecues, reluctant young tour guide Ronnie Sheppard bunkers down in his tent hoping the weekend passes as swiftly as possible. That is until something unexpected happens. Ronnie's not sure what it is, or who's behind it, but it's left to he and heartbroken backpacker Tegan to figure things out. As the unlikely pair head across the rugged island the true nature of their isolation becomes apparent.
- Heather Ewart travels to Leonora in the goldfields of WA. 800km north-east of Perth, its home to Australia's richest road mile running race and where heptathlete-turned-bobsleigh Winter Olympian Kiara Reddingius was raised.
- Greg and Judy Ollis, living outside Geelong, faced enormous difficulties when their daughter, Lauren was diagnosed with leukaemia. Months of exhausting trips to Melbourne for medical treatment almost ended the couple�s marriage. They�ve since pulled through, and decided to help others in the same situation.
- The American state of Nebraska has developed a strategy to revitalise small rural towns. The lessons learnt in Nebraska are now being applied across the US and here in Australia.
- A group of militant farmers is attempting a coup in northern Victoria. The rebels are pitting their forces against their local Council over the issue of rates. The rural ratepayers of the Gannawarra Shire want immediate reform of the current rating system which they've decried as 'unjust'. After a two long battle and the failure of repeated mediation talks, this week the conflict goes before the Victorian Supreme Court. It's a court case which could have significant implications for rural shires across Australia.
- Australian farmers are increasingly adopting controlled traffic farming practices as a means of minimising the impact of soil compaction caused by farm machinery and lifting crop yields.
- Maurie Jarvis's passion is old English game bantams. For 80 years Maurie has been striving to breed the perfect bird. He reckons he has struck gold more than a few times but even at 86-years-old, is still gripped by gold fever.
- Thirty years ago Western Australia's Margaret River region was depressed and its traditional primary industries such as dairy farming and timber were in sharp decline. But a new wave of winemakers and young surfers helped transform the Margaret River brand into one of Australia's best for quality gourmet food and beverage. So much so, the West Australian government is now using Margaret River to spearhead a new export drive into Asia, via Singapore.
- If you have never heard of the oddly-named weed, Branched Broomrape, you should consider yourself lucky. It is one of the world's worst parasitic pests, causing billions of dollars in crop losses mostly in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Asia. Parts of North America are also struggling to get rid of the weed and now we have it in Australia.
- For a long time mussels were used most commonly in Australia as fishing bait. But they're fast becoming one of the most popular seafood items on restaurant menus - so fast, the industry expects local production will double within two years. While growers claim the blue mussel is threatening to overtake oysters in popularity, the shellfish is facing threats to its own existence.
- The good news comes from Queensland where widespread rain over central and western areas of the state has been described as 'the best in years'. The rain came from the tale-end of former cyclone 'Beni'.
- Australian plant breeders, among the best in the world, are set to be afforded some much-needed patent protection.
- Agriculture is about 10 per cent of the world's trade but about 90 per cent of the world's trade problems. Our next report has been provided by the BBC's Panorama program. It highlights the hypocrisy of the European Union and the United States in particular when they complain about not getting access to other countries because of trade barriers. Australia is a victim of these trade practices. Among many barriers, we cannot get our beef into Europe and we cannot get our sugar into America. But the countries that suffer most from unfair trade practices are those that can afford it least.
- Kerry Lonergan speaks with a specialist in climate change, Dr Holger Meinke, from the Queensland Department of Primary Industries.
- The fate of the Federal Government's audacious rescue plan for the Murray-Darling Basin is yet to be confirmed. Despite a change of leader, the Victorian Government appears to be standing firm in its opposition to the Commonwealth's $10 billion bid to take control of the parched basin. The Prime Minister late last month upped the ante by announcing he would use his constitutional powers to force Victoria into line. In South Australia, irrigators have generally welcomed the Prime Minster's move and are calling for an end to the political games.
- The man at the centre of the political storm about Queensland Local Government reform the Premier, Peter Beattie, who is standing firm on the issue. Mr Beattie spoke to Mark Willacy.