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Administration and liquidationPremiumFarm lobby group in administration amid financial scandal

Administrators have been appointed to the Pastoralists and Graziers Association as the fallout from a financial scandal widens.

Matt Mckenzie

BetterBeef conference PremiumBetterBeef conference aims to gain future growth

WA’s biennial BetterBeef conference is back bigger and better with the three-day event taking place in the Bunbury region.

Bob Garnant

Live exportPremiumAlbanese Govt appoints ‘transition advocate’

Federal Labor has finally appointed a ‘transition advocate’ for its live export ban, with a Perth-based CSIRO staffer named the successful candidate eight months after the $1600-a-day role was announced.

Adam Poulsen

Coonamble Angus salePremiumCoonamble Angus to offer first sons of Showtime

The Davis family, of Coonamble Angus stud in Bremer Bay, will offer a catalogue of 111 grass-fed Angus bulls at their Annual On-property Sale on Tuesday February 25, starting at 12pm.

Bob Garnant

ELIXIR OF LIFEPremiumWheatbelt town’s new claim to fame

Residents of a town in WA’s Wheatbelt are the third-most likely in Australia to live to 100, according to new research.

Adam Poulsen

RAIL SAFETYPremiumRailFail campaign: Train lighting heats up as election issue

Labor and the Liberals have refused to say whether they would match an election pledge by the WA Nationals to implement lighting regulations for all trains and rolling stock operating in State.

Olivia Ford

LIVE EXPORTPremiumNats say ‘no one’ wants ‘transition advocate’ role

The Nationals have taken aim at the Albanese Government for ‘failing’ to name a transition advocate after almost eight months since the end date for live sheep exports by sea was first announced

Olivia Ford

GRAIN ON RAILPremiumCBH boss back’s WA Government’s rail buyback bid

The boss of farming co-operative CBH Group has hit out at Arc Infrastructure over its sub par-investment in the State’s rail freight network, saying WA would be better served with a government-run system. 

Cally Dupe

LIVE EXPORTPremiumPeak bodies split over sheep shipping ‘transition’ aid

Farming leaders are at loggerheads over whether to engage with Federal Labor’s sheep shipping ban ‘co-design’ process, while the Agriculture Department is refusing to say which groups were invited

Adam Poulsen

AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURSPremiumAg trailblazers recognised with OAMs

Four trailblazers with roots firmly in agriculture have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for their services to regional WA.

Adam Poulsen, Olivia Ford & Caitlyn Rintoul

WA NewsCommentsPremiumRSPCA funding set to be bolstered five-fold in Labor pledge

The promise, ahead of the March 8 State election, comes after a series of shocking animal welfare incidents.

Jake Dietsch

Election commitmentPremiumWA Liberals commit $4 million to Leonora projects

The WA Liberals have pledged to spend $4 million on two Leonora projects if they win Government in March’s State election.

Neil Watkinson

PROBE UNDER WAYPremiumFinancial scandal rocks PGA as elections loom

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association’s executive is set to meet this week to appoint financial specialists to scour its records after flagging ‘serious’ internal ‘financial misconduct’.

Adam Poulsen, Matt Mckenzie, Jessica Page & Jake Dietsch

LIVE EXPORTPremiumTrip to Middle East shows need for Australian live sheep

For Tiffany Davey, seeing firsthand where Australian livestock go once they are sent overseas is integral for not only transparency, but better understanding of Australia’s biggest live sheep export customer. 

Olivia Ford

Mordallup Angus salePremiumMordallup’s 80 yearling bulls include Kiwi power

The Muir family of Mordallup Angus stud in Manjimup will host their Annual Yearling Bull Sale with 80 lots on offer at the Boyanup saleyards on March 26.

Bob Garnant

state politicsCommentsPremiumPM accused of betraying WA by reviving Nature Positive laws

The legislation - scuttled by the Prime Minister last year following lobbying from Premier Roger Cook - is back on the Government’s agenda.

Jessica Page and Ellen Ransley

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WA farmer facing seven-figure damage bill from power outage

Supermarket vegetable prices could be set to rise in the next fortnight as a four-day power outage decimates farm stocks.

Oliver Lane

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$20k reward after heartless killers gun down cattle

A WA farming family is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to criminal charges after a number of their Angus cattle were deliberately shot multiple times and killed. 

Cally Dupe

‘DIFFICULT PERIOD’PGA ‘will survive’ financial misconduct scandal: Seabrook

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association is ‘far from dead’, president Tony Seabrook has declared, after the powerful lobby group went into voluntary suspension citing serious internal ‘financial misconduct’.

Adam Poulsen

AgriculturePremiumRegulator ‘monitoring’ PGA debacle

WA’s consumer watchdog has pledged to keep a close eye on the Pastoralists and Graziers Association as the lobby group hunts for a missing $2 million.

Matt Mckenzie

FOOT AND MOUTH PremiumImport controls tightened after Germany’s FMD outbreak

The Australian Government has tightened controls on goods coming in from Germany after the recent discovery of foot and mouth disease in water buffalo earlier this month.  

Cally Dupe

NEW CHAPTERPremiumAustralian Wool Exchange outsources audits to AUS-MEAT

Australia’s peak wool marketing and administration company, the Australian Wool Exchange, has appointed AUS-MEAT for its on-farm audits.

Bob Garnant

AGRI-POLITICS PremiumNFF appoints new chief executive

The National Farmers’ Federation has a new chief executive, with veteran businessman Troy Williams set to take the reins of Australia’s biggest agriculture lobby group.

Adam Poulsen

Power OutMid West homes involved in power outages across weekend

Homes in the Mid West are waiting for power to return after fires and fuse trips caused some areas to lose connection over the weekend.

Matthew Paddick