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Meg Powell

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Tasmania
As seen in: Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), The world today (Podcast), ABC Everyday, ABC News (Australia), South Australian Country Hour, Tasmanian Country Hour, The Canberra Times, Daily Liberal, Illawarra Mercury, The Courier (Ballarat, VIC), The Examiner and
Journalist for ABC Rural in North-West Tasmania via The Advocate newspaper. Extreme drinker of milk. Contact: powell.megan@abc.net.au

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Egg shortage cracked by backyard chooks

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By Meg Powell Verified, Fiona Broom, Kimberley Price Verified
| The world today (Podcast) Verified
As egg-less shelves become the norm in supermarkets, people are looking to their backyards. Egg farmers are reporting a surge in demand for retired layers across the country, and in the Northern Territory, one free-range farm is hoping to ramp up production.
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Thousands of backyards turn into homegrown chook farms amid egg shortage

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By Fiona Broom, Meg Powell Verified
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
A year of empty egg shelves has created a thriving backyard chicken industry. The shortages have also inspired a new egg farm in Australia's only region without local production. Demand is expected to continue to grow as egg supply chain issues linger. If you can't live without eggs, you're not alone. After 12 months of empty egg shelves in supermarkets, thousands of people across Australia are looking for ways around the shortages.
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A vehicle touted as safer than quad bikes is now leading killer on Australian farms

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By Laurissa Smith Verified, Meg Powell Verified
| ABC News (Australia) Verified
Side-by-side vehicles have increased in popularity with Australian farmers in recent years. Despite having safety features such as seatbelts and rollover protection cages, the working vehicles were involved in 14 deaths on Australian farms last year. Farm safety advocates say while "the vehicle itself is a very safe product", vehicle users need to take the manufacturers' safety advice more seriously.
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