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Mar 2023
55m 9s

South Australian Country Hour

ABC Radio
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Viterra has joined with Australia's largest rail freight operator Aurizon to push for rail freight to return to the Eyre Peninsula, work has begun to fix levees in the Lower Murray region to fix levees and de-water the floodplain starting today at Wall Flat, up river from Murray Bridge and the feather boa industry has a boom in recent times, partly thanks to ... Show More
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