Daily Archives: 22 July, 2014

Major economic stimulus for River Murray communities

Grants totalling more than $100 million will flow to almost 100 South Australian River Murray irrigation and industry projects. This includes projects such as $12.7 million to replant an existing production area with new crops and a new irrigation system, $5.2 million for a new onion and potato farm to supply a national supermarket chain,…

Bush Blitz steps up search for Australia’s ‘hidden’ species

The world’s first continent-scale nature discovery project, Bush Blitz, is being ramped up to broaden the search for Australia’s least known plant and animal species. Bush Blitz has been extended until 2017 thanks to $12 million in funding from the Australian Government and BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities, with each contributing $6 million. “To keep our…