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• Indonesian military trains on Australian soil for first time since Timor ...

  

  Indonesian military trains on Australian soil for first time since Timor crisis Updated September 23, 2016 20:34:18 Members of Indonesia's army have wrapped up a comprehensive joint training exercise in Australia, signalling an improvement in relations between the two militaries since the East Timor crisis two decades ago.For the past two weeks, Tentara Nasional Indonesia (TNI) soldiers have worked alongside 1st Brigade soldiers in Darwin as part of Exercise Wirra Jaya,..

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• Origin of the word donga 'a bit of a mystery' to Australian linguists

  

  Origin of the word donga 'a bit of a mystery' to Australian linguists Posted September 23, 2016 14:17:02 From sweltering bush sheds to luxurious mansions with waterslides and mezzanine bedrooms — the word donga is today embraced by Australians for a wide range of structures.Typically associated with temporary or demountable housing, donga has endured in local slang for about a century.Yet linguists still do not really know where it came from."There's a little bit of m..

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• Live cattle export companies SEALS and Frontier resume shipments ...

  

  Live cattle export companies SEALS and Frontier resume shipments to Vietnam, as wait continues for Indonesian import permits Posted September 23, 2016 10:29:12 A live cattle export company which was suspended from shipping cattle to Vietnam in July has had its licence returned this week. The Federal Department of Agriculture suspended South East Asian Livestock Services (SEALS) and Frontier International Northern after an audit of supply chains uncovered animal verifi..

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• Export award for cattle giant

  

  Northern Territory Agrifood business Consolidated Pastoral Company has today been named the 2016 NT Exporter of the Year. EXPORT WINNER: Consolidated Pastoral Company has been named the NT's export of the year.NORTHERN Territory cattle giant Consolidated Pastoral Company has been named the 2016 NT Exporter of the Year.Manbulloo station, near Katherine, is among CPC’s 19 stations as the largest privately owned cattle producer in the world.Manbulloo is managed by Cameron Kruckow who..

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