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  Increasing Rural Women's Involvement in Government Decision Making

  Teresa Maiolo

  The purpose of this report was to identify why rural women’s involvement in government decision-making is of a low level despite the concerted government action, and to furthermore provide solutions to inform action. The strength of the research presented is that all information is firmly ... Read more

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  Main issues rural women experience with information & communication technology

  Teresa Maiolo

  This brief report will outline the main issues rural women encountered with information and communications technology. This information was derived from interviewing twenty-one rural women from the South West, Eastern Goldfields, Murchison, Gascoyne, and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.

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  Report on the agriculture & nature based tourism study tour : United States of America, United Kingdom & Germany, 28th August 99 to 17th September 99

  Theo Nabben and Adriana Svenson

  The focus of the study tour to United States, United Kingdom and Germany was agricultural and nature based. Six recurring themes were identified on tour as keys to a vibrant economy in the south west of Western Australia. This report is divided into each of ... Read more

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  Stocking rate guidelines for rural small holdings, Swan Coastal Plain and Darling Scarp and surrounds, Western Australia

  Dennis van Gool, Ken Angell, and Lindsay Stephens

  Small rural holdings are often owned by people who want to pursue a semi-rural lifestyle but who are inexperienced in land management issues. This can result in landholders stocking their properties with animals at rates higher than the land resources can sustain, leading to degradation ... Read more

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  Swan Valley rural survey May 1999

  Of the interviewees that made comment relating to the Swan Valley Planning Committee and Act, many were negative. There was some dissatisfaction about the aims of the Act, but there was strong concern expressed as to whether the Committee was fully representative of all interests ... Read more

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  The use of Bauxite residue as a soil amendment in the Peel Harvey coastal plain catchment - environmental monitoring report August 1999

  The Executive Summary provides some brief detail on the background of the Alkaloam Project. It also provides concise explanations, without using technical terms, of the major outcomes of the research and monitoring programmes of the project since 1995.This section may be of particular use to ... Read more

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  Practical hints for the layout and construction of 10,000 m3 circular dams

  Terry Babbington and J S. Addison

  These notes and illustrations have been compiled to assist earthmovers in the construction of circular excavated earth tank dams, with pipe inlets. Construction techniques tend to evolve over time, so the methods described in this publication will not be definitive, but, they may improve efficiency ... Read more

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  An assessment of the efficacy of deep drains constructed in the wheatbelt of Western Australia Part 1 A discussion on drainage implmentation in the wheatbelt : a case study review, summary, conclusions and recommendations

  N A. Coles, Richard J. George Dr, and A D. Bathgate

  Australia has undertaken a strategic review of current and historical deep drainage projects. A 'rapid appraisal' methodology was utilised, based principally on existing hydrological investigations and interpretation and anecdotal evidence provided by landholders to clarify the role of drainage in managing water in dry land ... Read more

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  School Community Vitalisation Resource Kit

  Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia

  The goal of the three workshops held in Moora, Leeman and Quairading was to pull together rural communities from across Western Australia to discuss the possibility! It was a great opportunity for teachers, school administrators, community leaders and most importantly, young people to plan together ... Read more

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  Social and economic data for regional and natural resource management in Western Australia's south west catchment : results of the 2006 landholder survey

  Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia; South West Catchments Council (W.A.); Michael Hanslip; and Australia. Bureau of Rural Sciences.

  This report presents a summary of the key findings from a mailed survey to 2,000 landholders in the South West Region of Western Australia in 2006. The survey gathered information on the key social and economic factors affecting landholder decision-making about the adoption of practices ... Read more

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  Leadership is not found in a Book: the Western Australian Rural Leadership Program

  Department of Agriculture and Food, Western Australia and Western Australia. Fisheries Western Australia

  In February this year nineteen people from all over Western Australia were brought together to explore their leadership potential. These nineteen people came from different walks of life and professions but they all had a common passion, rural Western Australia, and they all had a ... Read more

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  Vegetation trend in the east Kimberley region : an analysis of ground monitoring data from 1991-1998

  Noelene Duckett, Paul Novelly, and Ian Watson

  This document summarises the analyses carried out on the ground monitoring data from the Kimberley region of Western Australia as part of the Natural Heritage Trust project 953024 - ‘'Development of Information Products for Reporting Rangeland Changes.”

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  Vegetation trend in the Fitzroy region. An analysis of 1995 and 1998 ground monitoring data.

  Noelene Duckett, Paul Novelly, Ian Watson, National Landcare Program (Australia), and CSIRO

  This document summarises the analyses carried out on the ground monitoring data from the Kimberley region of Western Australia as part of the Natural Heritage Trust project 953024 - ‘'Development of Information Products for Reporting Rangeland Changes.”

  This project has been investigating ways of integrating ... Read more

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  Agwest revegetation monitoring activity: evaluation 1999

  Caroline Hatherly

  During May 1999, an evaluation on the Agriculture Western Australia (AGWEST) Revegetation Monitoring Activity was undertaken. The evaluation was designed to track how the Land Conservation District Committees (LCDCs) in the Peel Harvey Catchment utilised the AGWEST Revegetation Monitoring Activity, and to determine if AGWEST's ... Read more

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  Making the most of what we've got ! : featuring real life examples of "how to" develop rural tourism opportunities

  Connie Coley Loden and Ariana Svenson

  In late August 1999, 18 people from the South West of Western Australia travelled to the United states, United Kingdom and Germany to study outstanding and innovative examples of agriculture and nature based tourism. The tour particularly focused on areas where tourism had developed due ... Read more

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  Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Kondinin

  Bec Ryan

  This booklet provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kondinin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that ... Read more

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  Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Kulin

  Bec Ryan

  This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Kulin, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys that ... Read more

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  Native Vegetation Handbook for the Shire of Lake Grace

  Bec Ryan

  This handbook provides land managers with information relating to the natural resources of the Shire of Lake Grace, including the landscape, geology, soils, drainage systems, native flora and fauna. Information about native flora and vegetation has been drawn from a variety of sources, including surveys ... Read more

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  Cattle production in the Gascoyne and interior regions of Western Australia; a report on the Cunyu demographic study (1990-1998) and the Mt Clere Producer Demonstration Site (1993-1997)

  Andrew Thomson

  Although Producer Demonstration Sites have been staged widely in the northern parts of Australia, the events at Cunyu and Mt Clere herald a first for such an in-depth investigation in the mulga shrub lands of Western Australia.

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  Better planning for rural development

  Rural development has for a long time been hidden beneath the shadow of agriculture. Only recently, as industry changes have put pressure on rural communities and as land care activities have broadened to total catchment management, has the idea of rural development emerged into the ... Read more

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  Report on degradation of the Southern River Wungong catchment Perth Western Australia

  This report summarises a brief survey of degradation in the Southern River/Wungong Catchment, an area of approximately146 square kilometres, which feeds into the Canning River in Perth, Western Australia. The catchment comprises ten subcatchments, bounded by the peak of Bedfordale Hill on Albany Highway in ... Read more

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  Total grazing management - Results and observations from the Pimbee Station trial

  This report contains the results of the NLP - Agriculture Western Australia funded Total Grazing Management project, initiated in 1995. One of the aims of the regional projects was to develop stratregis for managing total grazing pressure in the southern rangelands of Western Australia. The ... Read more

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  Agricultural Information Delivery to Western Australian Farmers by the Private Sector

  Ag Knowledge

  This study of agricultural information providers operating in Western Australia presents detailed strategic information about this commercial collective to assist the Executive of Agriculture Western Australia (AgWest) to measure the Agency's current position as an information source and make timely decisions that will capitalise on ... Read more

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  Doing more with Agriculture - Central Agricultural Region 1997 USA Study Tour Final Report

  Christine Arnold

  The Doing More With Agriculture project is an initiative of Monty House, Minister for Primary Industry; Fisheries, designed to foster innovative approaches to diversification in agriculture and small town survival and revival within rural Western Australia. The project came about in response to concerns about ... Read more

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  Phosphorus in the landscape: diffuse sources to surface waters. Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation. Occasional Paper 16/98

  Richard Davis, Anne Hamblin, E O'Loughlin, Nic Austin, R Banens, P Cornish, P Hairsin, M McCulloch, Phil Moody, J Olley, B Prove, I Smalls, and David Weaver

  The National Eutrophication Management Program (NEMP) and Environment Australia convened a workshop to develop a coherent overview of the sources and transport of diffuse phosphorus in Australian catchments based on the latest knowledge. The Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation (LWRRDC) and the ... Read more