Seventy-five-year-old Peter Allen still shears three days a week for much of the year He can shear 100 lambs in a day After shearing for nearly 60 years, prioritising his health is keeping him in the ...

A dedicated $75,000 fund has been established to support targeted training programmes that improve knowledge, skills, and ...

The government and industry have announced a joint $75,000 fund to support welfare training for shearers, but advocates say ...

George Shearing enjoys an international reputation as a pianist, arranger and composer. Equally at home on the concert stage as in jazz clubs, Shearing is recognized for inventive, orchestrated jazz.

The Australian wool industry is plagued with stories of drug taking and animal abuse in shearing sheds while wool producers are battling negative publicity and blowback from overseas markets.

Shearers and small farmers Rowly and Ingrid Smith with their children Lincoln, eight months, Sia, 2, and Callie, 3, on their block at Maraekakaho. . Photo: Supplied / Not-For-Syndication What does a ...

Didling Farm’s flock manager, Matt Blyth, has seen a marked improvement in lamb weights and survival since he started shearing ewes before lambing five years ago. The indoor lambing flock of 1,050 ...

George Shearing, the elegant pianist who expanded the boundaries of jazz by adding an orchestral sensibility and a mellow aesthetic to the music, has died. He was 91. Shearing died Monday of ...

This is not your average beauty school. Your clients can be pretty cranky. Sometimes they’ll even walk out mid-haircut. And you have to hold them down -- with only your legs -- while wielding an ...

Dr. Steven Shearing, a pioneer in cataract surgery and the husband of former Nevada Supreme Court Justice Miriam Shearing, died from a ruptured aneurism Sunday night. "He was one of the most brilliant ...