West Australian farmers struggling with a crippling drought will soon be able to access an $8.6 million assistance package, announced Friday by Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis.
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Transport Minister Rita Saffioti won’t say whether she will ever seek Federal funding to fix any of WA’s Tier 3 rail lines, four years after raising farmers’ hopes she would chase at least $500 million.
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The phrase “answered the call of duty” fits perfectly the description of Broomehill farmer Zebulun Green. He donned the uniform in World War I and World War II. #AnzacDay2024 #LestWeForget
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WA’s biggest sheep pellet producer says it will take about two months for operations to run at full capacity again after a fire tore through its Williams factory and caused thousands of dollars’ worth of damage.
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WA Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis has called on Federal Labor to postpone Australia’s annual live export moratorium as sheep farmers hit crisis point, with many struggling to offload excess stock and facing the grim prospect of euthanasia.
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Most of the State has kicked into dry seeding but the conditions are “not unusual” for WA, nor necessarily a prediction of a poor year, according to the latest Grain Industry Association of WA crop report.
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A 41-year-old man who allegedly terrorised a Wheatbelt pub — firing a rifle inside and threatening to kill three women — has fronted court seemingly limping.
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The WA Nationals have announced their first candidates in metropolitan seats, including a Liberal turncoat who will run against her former party in one of its top targets.
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Jackie Jarvis has refuted “false” claims by the Nationals that she “advised” drought-stricken farmers to euthanise their livestock, with the WA Agriculture Minister saying her comments were taken out of context.
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The man behind the Albanese Government’s environmental law rewrite – which was yesterday put on the backburner after a major backlash from miners - says reports of the controversial reforms being killed off are “greatly exaggerated”.
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Farmers have welcomed the long-awaited release of a report into Australia’s embattled agricultural and veterinary chemicals regulator, with the Albanese Govt rejecting a recommendation to strip the APVMA of its status as an independent statutory authority.
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Nationals MP Martin Aldridge will retire from politics at the next election, drawing a line under a decade-long career in Parliament.
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Gung-ho Pingelly shearer Luke Vernon has broken the world eight-hour record, shearing 500 Merino ewes to break Lou Brown’s previous record of 497 set in 2019.
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A new billboard supporting the live export trade has garnered “overwhelmingly positive” reviews from travellers on the Forrest Highway, according to WA Senator Slade Brockman. Via oliviaford 🐑
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Boyup Brook top-gun shearer Luke Harding has his eyes on the Sports Shear National Shearing Competition in Katanning in October after taking out the open title at the Williams Gateway Expo. 🏆
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With a legal battle looming, Mal Thomson still gets unsettled when he talks about the prescribed burn that caused an estimated $5 million worth of damage to his South Stirling farms.
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The WA Nationals have used the third anniversary of cyclone Seroja to reveal the party will set up a standalone disaster recovery agency if it forms Government at next year’s election.
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Resilience will be the theme of the day when WA’s largest annual dairy conference and exhibition - Dairy Innovation Day - comes to Brunswick Junction next month. 🐄
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