Shipwrecks are synonymous with tumultuous tempests, fierce battles, mutinies and piracy, but the sinking of the Paddle-Steamer Rodney would go down in history as the first to be sunk in a fiery conflict by striking shearers. Under the cover of darkness, the PS Rodney was boarded by a group of 150 masked striking shearers hell-bent on the vessel's demise. Her …
Reform of Australia's $1.8 billion Murray Darling Basin water market must recognise the multiplier effect of commodities, not just their returns to growers and investors, according to one of Australia's biggest wine producers. "When you look at what one megalitre brings back to regional communities in grapes, it's much more than what it does in other crops," Mr Casella said. …