Farmers have walked out on the agriculture minster to show their fury at the 2028 live sheep export ban, while expressing disappointment at the budget.
Liv Casben
Jackie Jarvis has told her Federal counterpart his decision to end live exports and a lacklustre transition package ‘is not in the interest of WA’ and ‘it is difficult to see how we can work collaboratively’.
Jake Dietsch
Member for Roe and Katanning farmer Peter Rundle has criticised the Federal Government’s sheep export ban, calling the move “devastating” for the agricultural regions.
Melissa Sheil
Receivers of collapsed sandalwood company Quintis have been forced to slash nearly 70 jobs after a sale process found only tepid interest.
Matt Mckenzie
A plan to ban the live sheep export trade will push WA farmers to ‘breaking point’ experts warn, concerned it’s a ‘double whammy’ after a dry summer and gruelling market conditions.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Nationals leader David Littleproud wants farmers to march on the steps of Parliament House in Canberra in a united show of defiance against a decision he described as an ‘affront to agriculture’.
Caitlyn Rintoul and Dan Jervis-Bardy
Australia's major supermarkets and leading burger chains can't prove their supply chains are deforestation-free, Greenpeace says.
Third-generation farmer Ellen Walker has called the decision to end live exports a ‘nightmare’ that likely means her three children will end up quitting the industry.
Jake Dietsch and Caitlyn Rintoul
A disconnect between State and Federal Labor over the move to end the live export trade in four years has been labelled both embarrassing and indicative of the Cook Government’s weak influence in Canberra.
Premier Roger Cook has blasted the Albanese Government over its lack of support for WA farmers after Murray Watt revealed the live sheep trade would end in four years.
Farmers have been left fuming after the Albanese government confirmed the export of live sheep by sea will be banned in Australia from May 2028.
A timeline to shut down the live sheep export trade will finally be revealed as the Federal Government unveils a new plan to ‘transition’ the industry.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
The Albanese Government is tipping a record $519 million into its revamped Future Drought Fund.
Scientists will probe Coca-Cola’s groundwater extraction, after revelations the company was taking truckloads of water from the Perth Hills for free.
After three consecutive years of double-digit growth, momentum in the price of Australia's farms will slow, with cropping land to outperform grazing land.
Telstra has revealed a big change to the planned shutdown of 3G networks across Australia.
Liam Beatty
Advances in agriculture will be a focus of Beef Week which starts in Rockhampton on Sunday, with more than 120,000 people expected at the triennial event.
Victoria's burgeoning population presents a number of complications for food supply unless a fragmented planning framework is overhauled, an inquiry has heard.
Adrian Black
The long-awaited moment has finally arrived with the launch of Spud King Tony Galati’s own range of locally grown and produced potato chips.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Crunch time is looming fast for the Federal Government’s biosecurity tax that’s suffered unprecedented industry backlash and unified opposition, writes Grain Producers Australia chair Barry Large.
Barry Large
Nutrien Ag Solutions has won court orders stopping Fremantle Port Authority evicting the major fertiliser supplier from its fire-ravaged Kwinana dockside operations.
Neale Prior
Retail giant again rejects suggestions it treats suppliers poorly, saying it has a zero-tolerance policy for staff action against any partners who make complaints about it.
Adrian Lowe
Fertiliser giant Nutrien is fighting eviction from its Kwinana operation next week amid a souring of relations with the Fremantle Port Authority after a fire destroyed a storage shed in February.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.