The State Government has been forced to implement a 90-day transition period for its major overhaul of gun laws after firearm owners were left totally confused.
Cally Dupe and Jessica Page
Australian agriculture has been left underwhelmed with Labor’s Federal Budget, but industry leaders hope more cash will be splashed during the Federal election campaign.
Cally Dupe
More than 100,000 livestock are believed to have died or been lost in the Queensland floods as graziers brace for further rainfall from remnants of an ex-cyclone.
WA’s road toll is at its highest in nearly a decade, with two drivers killed in separate Wheatbelt crashes at the weekend and the number of people that have died on the State’s roads now at 50 this year.
A Wheatbelt council is offering $20,000 to whoever buys the town’s only butcher shop as the current owners step back from the award-winning business.
Hannah Whitehead
WA’s oldest dairy, Brownes, has reported a lift in full-year profit and revenue in what boss Natalie Sarich-Dayton says was fuelled by the brand’s positive reception in the UK and South-East Asia.
Cheyanne Enciso
Keep the Sheep protesters made themselves heard as Anthony Albanese rolled into WA this week.
Cally Dupe and Matthew Paddick
Anthony Albanese faced a barrage of questions on Tuesday about why he had been unable to secure a phone call with US President Donald Trump ahead of an expected fresh round of punishing US tariffs.
Nicola Smith and Katina Curtis
ABARES has been commissioned to conduct an independent review into the relationship between growers and integrated producers in the Australian chicken meat supply chain.
Bob Garnant
Northern Australia’s cattle industry is heading back to court to resolve a long-running class action against the Federal Government’s 2011 live export ban, with hundreds of pastoralists yet to see a cent.
The Australian Fodder Industry Association will host a “Hay Meetup” in York this Saturday, bringing together farmers, contractors, exporters, and anyone interested in growing the fodder community
Curtin MP Kate Chaney has finally confirmed on-record that she would support legislation to repeal the Federal Government’s live export ban if it was put to a vote.
Labor and the Nationals have finally thrown their hats into the ring for the seat of Forrest, with both parties naming candidates to take on Ben Small, Georgia Beardman and Sue Chapman at the federal election
Ezra Kaye
Two Manjimup-bred bulls shared the $21,000 equal top price at the Muir family’s Mordallup Yearling Angus Bull Sale when a contingent of repeat buyers put up appreciating bids on the quality line-up.
WA’s only youth cattle camp returns to Brunswick for its 20th year running, giving up-and-coming cowpokes looking to enter the industry a chance to hit the field.
Craig Duncan
WA livestock processor V&V Walsh has released forward contracts for the supply of trade and supermarket lambs to its Bunbury abattoir, with prices up more than $50/head on last year’s forward contracts.
Cally Dupe and Bob Garnant
Keep the Sheep signs on Riverside Drive and Tonkin Highway been targeted by vandals, with pro-live export paraphernalia sliced through the middle and others ripped down entirely.
Anthony Albanese has jetted into Perth ahead of his first campaign appearance in WA on the back of a wave of improved polls, showing Labor improving its chances of a second term.
Nicola Smith and Dylan Caporn
A three-month ceasefire has been confirmed as the Premier and police insist safety — not punishment — will be the primary objective when new gun laws come into effect today.
Jessica Page
Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.
A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree, while another driver has been taken to hospital.
Dylan Caporn
Authorities in several states are warning flooding could isolate some residents for weeks with hundreds of roads cut off and thousands of livestock at risk.
Callum Godde, Farid Farid and Aaron Bunch
Support programs designed to help female business founders to break into the agrifood-tech sector are opening doors for entrepreneurs.
Maeve Bannister
Rita Saffioti has issued a stern fiscal warning to new Upper House crossbenchers who have eyes for the State’s significant surplus — Labor won’t blow the bank to pass bills.
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