Landline

Episode 42 (2014x42)

Air date: Nov 23, 2014

Camel Cull: A feral camel culling program has taken the pressure off sensitive environmental areas and farm infrastructure but critics are questioning if wild camels should be seen as a pest or a resource? Army Rations: The Federal Government's $19m investment in military food research is a welcome economic boost for the struggling country town of Scottsdale in Tasmania however there's little in it for local farmers. Planting Push: The loss of so much cane land has put pressure on the sugar cane industry in Mackay but the local mill is using a range of measures to get thousands more hectares planted to cane. Trout Tales: Anglers across the country have been marking 150 years since the arrival of the first trout eggs into Australia.