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- In the 70s two brothers battle killer waves, conservative society and ruthless bikers to kick-start the modern surf industry.
- Many viewers would not be aware that this delicious nut is actually native to Australia although it was a group of farmers from Hawaii who first realised the potential of macadamias. But through a combination of circumstance and hard work, the macadamia industry was eventually re-established where it rightfully belongs, right here in Australia. And there is little doubt this would not have occurred had it not been for the foresight of one Craig Paton.
- Australians are reknowned for their inventiveness. The postage stamp, the photocopier, the ute, the black box flight recorder, the stump jump plough and the cochlear implant all sprang from the brains of clever Australians. Rural Australians are especially inventive, but getting city financiers to back them can often be so difficult that their ideas never see the light of day.
- With their motto: "Waste is a resource in the wrong place at the wrong time," an enterprising group of food scientists in Sydney has turned one of the cheese industry's biggest problems into potential profit. They've developed a technique for converting whey into pharmaceutical grade lactose, worth billions globally for the manufacture of tablets. But as Sean Murphy reports, there's a big gap between promising research and a commercial venture,
- In the past two decades farm tourism has grown in popularity and has provided many property owners with extra income. And a cluster of bed and breakfasts on the Queensland/New South Wales border have stumbled across one crop so beautiful and captivating the tourists cannot resist.
- Joanne Shoebridge speaks with social researcher Hugh Mackay, about the social impact of the sugar crisis.
- Australia's wool industry has been on a downward spiral for more than a decade. In western Queensland, wool production has been shrinking and sheep stations are being replaced with cattle farms.
- The British Labour Party has lost a by-election for the first time in more than 20 years with a swing against it of 18 per cent.