The recent bushfires in Western Australia are a painful reminder of the risks we face.
Tony Marxsen
Political campaigning is under way, and it has taken up real estate in my head. Recently, without a second thought I referenced the political Aussie catchphrase ‘a fair go’ to summarise a meeting of mine.
Kendall Galbraith
The $139m allocated to assist sheep producers transition out of the live sheep trade is quickly being swallowed up by bureaucracy and consultants.
Richard Coole
Shearing industry figurehead Mike Henderson has laid bare the impacts of the Albanese Government’s plan to ban live sheep exports in an opinion piece.
Mike Henderson
Bruce Rock farmer Jane Fuchsbichler has welcomed the State Government’s plans to try to buy back WA’s rail freight network after it was sold off by the Richard Court government in 2000 on a 49-year lease.
Jane Fuchsbichler
JACKSON HEWETT: Australia is already feeling the effects of Trump’s new economic measures. Here are four reasons why there is more pain to come.
Jackson Hewett
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery. That was the reaction of the Keep the Sheep movement to a counter campaign supporting the live sheep ban being launched in WA last week.
Mark Harvey-Sutton
Farmers in WA rely on live exports not because they’re clinging to a dying trade, but because it works within the unique constraints of their farming systems.
Trevor Whittington
There were many moments while huddled away in a dark room, holding or rocking or with a hand on the chest of a wriggly baby who did not want to sleep, I thought I was desperate to return to work.
Cally Dupe
From my experience, there’s a strong sense of community in regional areas - the media is an important lifeline which connects residents with relevant local news and events which directly impact their lives.
Noel Brunning
Removing live sheep exports kicks a crucial leg out from under the WA sheep industry and will cost jobs that are supported by the live export trade, like small cafes, IGAs and hairdressers.
In the closing chapters of Parliament for 2024, the Albanese Labor Government prioritised its pursuit of short-term political gain and put in jeopardy the hard-earned savings of generations of Australians.
Dean Smith
Three things come to mind when thinking of an Australian summer. Sun, sand and Triple J’s Hottest 100.
Owen Whittle
We’ve all seen the images of micro homes, or as the Australian Tiny House Association calls them, tiny houses.
Mia Davies has declared she wants to be deputy PM as she campaigns to win the Federal seat of Bullwinkel. Obviously, the once-empty tank has had a major top up.
Joe Spagnolo
Premier Roger Cook is becoming one of the more intriguing figures in Australian politics, writes WAFarmers chief executive Trevor Whittington.
Out in the regions, farming museums are doing extraordinary work, yet they’re losing a race against time, writes WAFarmers chief executive Trevor Whittington.
Every generation has its automotive obsession, and for farmers it often revolves around a ute, writes WAFarmers CEO Trevor Whittington.
‘Contrary to claims on social media, I am probably more comfortable with firearms than any police minister since Vietnam veteran Graham Edwards in the early 1990s’, writes Paul Papalia.
Paul Papalia
For more than a century, the Government of WA has been tasked with ensuring rural communities have access to essential services — commitment that has held the Wheatbelt together through generations.
Agriculture has always relied on middlemen — livestock agents and ag chemical suppliers — each providing a service to farmers based in their local towns, but for how long?
In the early 1980s, a group of WA farmers grew tired of the growing disparity between the tractor prices offered by their local dealer and what American farmers were paying.
Labor’s latest attempt to shut down the Keep the Sheep campaign and protests from WA farmers is long on rhetoric and short on detail, writes Liberal MLC Steve Martin.
Steve Martin
Australian producers are hailed as some of the most tech-savvy in the world, but there’s still much more to be done to break down barriers and drive broader agtech adoption.
Harriet Mellish
