Beating Around The Bush

S3E8 - ABARES, Ag's hidden secret, the flu that stopped the nation and a new approach to water challenges

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This week's take on the news relating to rural and regional Australia with Fleur Anderson and Wade Dabinett. Agribusiness: ABARES Updates: https://twitter.com/TimNeale1/status/1231551025951100930 Climate change already hurting farmers bottom line: https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6661002/climate-change-already-hurting-farmers-bottom-line/ Drought was an opportunity not a crisis: https://twitter.com/afsnsw/status/1235384622545960960?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet Politics: Call for Agriculture to take a stand on hidden issue https://www.farmonline.com.au/story/6664138/time-to-take-a-stand/ Community: Coronavirus - COVID-19. - ABC Coronacast and 7:30 The budget surplus disappearing in wake of Coronavirus Chem shortage isn't Coronavirus' fault. Shoutout: https://thebridgehub.co/challenge-pod BridgeHub's Water Challenge. IWD was on Sunday - in the show notes I have put a list of my top 20 rural women. These are friends of mine that I have been inspired by and think are doing great things to improve their communities and lift up others around them through their businesses, work, and volunteering. So check them out and click the links on their names to read more about them. Follow Us: Join the Rural Business Collective community and join the conversation over at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ruralbusinesscollective/ Beating Around the Bush is the podcast of the Rural Business Collective www.ruralbusinesscollective.com.au This is a Cahoots Radio production edited by Skye Manson www.cahootsradio.com Hosted by Wade Dabinett https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-dabinett-947763167/ and Fleur Anderson https://www.linkedin.com/in/fleuranderson/ Let us know your favourite news stories for the week on email - [email protected]