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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1980

11 stories in Sydney's papers

Wool dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 27 February 1980 · page 4

Sydney: Storemen and Packers Union (SPU) members employed in wool stores will continue their week strike over reductions in work…

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Wool Care

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 13 March 1980 · page 13

Wool cleans very easily. Any form of severe washing or severe detergent is unnecessary. Wool likes mild…

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Wool farmer blames Fraser and brokers

Tribune · Monday 24 March 1980 · page 4

HOBART: Tasmanian farmer Johnny Nicholson says the confrontation over the wool dispute was engineered by Fraser and…

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Joh, Agent Orange, peanut butter and meat pies

Tribune · Wednesday 23 April 1980 · page 12

Readers seeking an explanation for Joh Bjelke-Petersen's extraordinary behavior need look no further. The answer is Agent Orange, peanut butter and maybe meat pies…

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C.r.o.p.s

Tharunka · Monday 5 May 1980 · page 13

Consumer Rip Offs are prevalent in our society, only Triffids will argue against this fact. More to the point, even at this university, students are and have…

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Sheep Held Hostage

Tharunka · Monday 19 May 1980 · page 9

This week a well known band of international terrorists, the BLACK HANDED wool growers, are holding Australian lambs as hostages .One prominent…

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Sheep Sexual

Tharunka · Monday 2 June 1980 · page 4

Dear Eds, The current furore over the export of live sheep to the Middle East has been, on the whole, wrongly reported by the…

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Crops ruined

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 7 August 1980 · page 17

TEL AVIV: The avocado crop — one of Israel's main agricultural exports — has been devastated by extreme…

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How the Queensland miners are holding out Support from women, farmers and other workers

Tribune · Wednesday 13 August 1980 · page 8

Last Monday, Queensland miners voted almost unanimously to continue their eight week old strike. While the miners are standing firm, rejecting a compromise offer from the federal government, conservative forces are…

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Bicycle Helmets a Crops Report

Tharunka · Tuesday 23 September 1980 · page 20

You've probably heard of CROPS by now, we’re the UNSW Consumer Rip-Off Prevention Society. Our main object is to help members, students and staff…

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Bumper Olive Crops

The Australian Jewish Times · Thursday 6 November 1980 · page 15

JERUSALEM: This year’s olive crop in Judea and Samaria promises to be the biggest in years,…

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