A regional property previously home to wine grapevines has been transformed into a sanctuary for the nationally threatened regent parrot in South Australia's Riverland.

Neil Young The castles of the Australian wine industry are visibly alight. After decades of kicking the proverbial can down the road, the inevitable reckoning has become manifest. In a period of just a few days, the heads of AGW and AWRI have resigned while Wine Australia has had two new Directors appointed by the government despite being totally out of cycle with standard appointment processes.

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