RURAL AND REGIONAL NEWS AND ARTICLES

Contractors - want to work on Australia's largest fencing project?

  • June 6, 2022
  • FENCiT
Seeking expressions of interest from rural fencing contractors to work on the rebuild of the Dog Fence in South Australia. The project to rebuild 1,600 kilometres of fence is underway....

Bridging the divide with exclusion fencing

  • April 27, 2022
  • FENCiT
Bulloo Rural Services is a unique program aimed at bridging the divide between Council and landholders around wild dog management. Rural Services manager Donna Hobbs developed the program from the...

Best practice wild dog management

  • April 27, 2022
  • FENCiT
A concerted effort to refurbish 150km of exclusion fencing combined with a consistent wild dog baiting program has enabled the nation’s largest sheep station to turn the corner in profitability....

Hunting licence course now available online

  • April 12, 2022
  • FENCiT
The NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) has made it easier for hunters with the launch of the new Restricted Game Hunting Licence (R-Licence) Accreditation Course. DPI Deputy Director General...

Over $800k to extend national feral animal coordinators

  • April 4, 2022
  • FENCiT
Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud and Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said landscape-scale, coordinated action is critical to manage the scourge of pest animals. “This is...

CBA provides assistance for customers affected by WA bushfires

  • February 10, 2022
  • FENCiT
Commonwealth Bank is providing Emergency Assistance to customers and businesses impacted by the current bushfires across Western Australia’s South-West, Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions. Business Banking Group Executive Mike Vacy...

Using science to determine wild dog control efforts

  • February 4, 2022
  • FENCiT
Wild dogs and feral pigs fitted with GPS tracking devices are revealing how they use the landscape in far western NSW. The landholder-driven Western Tracks collaring project is a collaborative...

Australian made conservation fencing Secret Rocks Eyre SA

  • January 17, 2022
  • FENCiT
Waratah and Ecological Horizons director Dr John Read worked together to build an Australian Made 14km exclusion fence to keep feral cats, foxes, rabbits, goats and kangaroos out of the...

Wire & steel fence posts economic backbone for Qld

  • January 17, 2022
  • FENCiT
Wire and steel fence posts are proving to be the economic backbone for Central Western Queensland, creating employment and manufacturing opportunities, and stabilising population decline. A dedicated effort by the...

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