News from around Australia: Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Updated May 23 2017 - 6:40am, first published 6:38am
LEATHERWOOD STOCKS DECLINING: Beekeeper Lindsay Bourke pours his award-winning leatherwood honey. Tasmanian honey yield is only at 60 per cent this year due to low levels of leatherwood and unseasonal weather. Picture: Neil Richardson
LEATHERWOOD STOCKS DECLINING: Beekeeper Lindsay Bourke pours his award-winning leatherwood honey. Tasmanian honey yield is only at 60 per cent this year due to low levels of leatherwood and unseasonal weather. Picture: Neil Richardson

Regional news

The exploration licences north of Bendigo which received state government grants. Number 4 has been bankrolled by mining magnate Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.
The exploration licences north of Bendigo which received state government grants. Number 4 has been bankrolled by mining magnate Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting.

►VICTORIA: Five gold mining projects north of Bendigo – including one bankrolled by mining magnate Gina Rinehart – have received state government grants totalling $1.2 million. Read more

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