What's Making News and What's Stirring the Pot

A collection of stories gathered from the internet about Griffith.

Job losses as the drought impact hits

9/11/07
What do you do with a labour force in an industry where the harvest is expected to be less than 10% of average? Larger centres like Griffith can probably absorb their workers, but for Coleambally, the losses are devastating. And more from the Sydney Morning Herald on November 17

Flights to Melbourne

9/11/07
Call me cynical if you like, but recent reports that Rex airlines were considering withdrawing their newly started regular flights from Griffith to Melbourne were under threat seem to me to be a blatant attempt to generate publicity for the service.

Did anyone mention wine?

7/11/07
There are some wine journalists who are prepared to stick their necks out and say that Griffith has great wine.

Water

5/11/07
Issues about water are hot topics. This News Ltd article about selling water allocations describes the way that some farmers can still make ends meet without a crop. The issues surrounding buying and selling water allocations will not go away, even if it rains again

And more water issues

5/11/07
Announcements of greater water allocations are big news, from the local newspaper.

Earthquake hits Griffith?

29/10/2007
An earthquake measuring 2.1 on the Richter Scale was recorded north west of Griffith. Geoscience Australia are the source of the data.

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