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First round of successful Thriving Communities grant recipients announced
1 June 2023Five community projects across the southern Flinders Ranges and Limestone Coast are set to benefit from the State Government’s $600,000 Thriving Communities Program.
Read more on First round of successful Thriving Communities grant recipients announcedStill time to claim your fox bounty
31 May 2023Over 16,000 fox scalps have been claimed from South Australian farmers through the fox bounty program in an aim to help cull the pest and further support drought-affected famers
Read more on Still time to claim your fox bountySA Dog Fence gets flood repair boost as project reaches major milestone
31 May 2023Repairs to parts of the South Australian Dog Fence damaged during the 2022 Central and South Australian Floods will receive a $2.67 million funding boost through new disaster support, as the Dog Fence Rebuild project reaches the construction halfway…
Read more on SA Dog Fence gets flood repair boost as project reaches major milestonePort Augusta's fruit fly facility to double in size
30 May 2023The $3 million expansion of the National Sterile Insect Technology (SIT) facility at Port Augusta is now under way, helping to drive down fruit fly numbers in South Australia.
Read more on Port Augusta's fruit fly facility to double in sizeRiverland community unite to fight fruit fly
25 May 2023Riverland faces and voices are echoing messages about the urgent need to prevent and eradicate fruit fly as part of the State Government’s major awareness campaign: 'Don’t let fruit fly under the radar'.
Read more on Riverland community unite to fight fruit flyFunding for forestry and wood product innovation
23 May 2023Australia's forest and wood products industries are set to benefit from more than $6 million of new research funded through the Mount Gambier Centre of the National Institute for Forest Products Innovation (NIFPI).
Read more on Funding for forestry and wood product innovationRock lobster offender banned
18 May 2023A 32-year-old Mount Gambier man has been fined and banned from fishing after attempting to sell recreationally caught Southern Rock Lobster on Facebook.
Read more on Rock lobster offender bannedFirst Snapper fingerlings set to swim as part of $1.2 million restocking program
18 May 2023Snapper stocks in South Australia will be boosted when 100,000 baby Snapper are released into the Spencer Gulf, near Port Pirie.
Read more on First Snapper fingerlings set to swim as part of $1.2 million restocking programCelebrating SA’s Fishcare volunteers
16 May 2023The State Government celebrates the Fishcare Volunteer Program at the start of National Volunteer Week, as it marks its 29th anniversary.
Read more on Celebrating SA’s Fishcare volunteersAli Paulett named 2023 AgriFutures Rural Women's Award Winner
9 May 2023Ali Paulett of Paulett Wines in the Clare Valley has been named South Australia's AgriFutures Rural Women's Award Winner for 2023.
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