American president-elect Donald Trump will be ushering in a new era of international relations, and it will be a waiting game to see what this means for Australian farmers.
Olivia Ford
Bushfire, cyclone and flood victims will be able to access up to $24,000 in emergency relief funding, under a new State Government natural disaster program.
Dylan Caporn
The mayor of Albany has lashed Rex Airlines for leaving the city to pay the “price of its incompetence”, while welcoming a government package that ensures the region will be serviced until June 2025.
Melissa Sheil
The Federal Government has come to the rescue of Rex Airlines with an $80 million fail-safe to ensure regional flights continue as the company applies to extend its voluntary administration process.
Labor’s hopes of delivering its green agenda are fading as it grapples with a legislative backlog months out from the next Federal election.
Dan Jervis-Bardy
Anthony Albanese doesn’t give a ‘stuff’ about WA, Opposition Leader Shane Love says, as he revealed he had asked Premier Roger Cook for a briefing on a proposal to shift the Election date to help the PM.
Nationals WA leader Shane Love has promised to establish a $1 billion fund to “remove infrastructure barriers” in developing regional areas if elected in 2025.
WA’s Opposition alliance has been left bruised after a week of open warfare over the State’s new gun laws, which culminated in a snap meeting between Shane Love and Libby Mettam on Wednesday.
Leading Australian transport companies Linfox and Toll will add 54 electric trucks to their fleets in a bid to reduce emissions
Emily Verdouw
The WA Liberals and Nationals have promised “transformative” changes to the State’s school bus services if elected, as more and more farming families struggle to get their children to classes.
Australia’s newly inked free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates will save the nation’s farmers $50 million a year in tariffs, according to the National Farmers’ Federation.
Adam Poulsen
Labor has reopened its gun buyback for dealers and individual owners, despite rejecting previous calls to keep offering payments during the first round.
Labor looks set to exploit a split WA’s Opposition alliance over tough firearm laws, with the Liberals and Nationals involved in open political warfare over the future of the legislation.
The Government has been accused of “playing fast and loose with the truth” after it emerged sheep farmers won’t receive any funds from Labor’s $139.7 million live exports transition package until at least July.
Olivia Ford & Dan Jervis Bardy
Federal officials have revealed when sheep farmers will get paid from the government’s $139 million live exports transition package.
Two spurned Liberal contenders who lost their preselection will instead run for the Nationals at the next State election.
Jake Dietsch
Opposition Leader Shane Love has slammed WA’s Energy Minister for talking up the Cook Government’s power reliability track record on the same day a major blackout hit the Wheatbelt and Mid West.
Ezra Kaye
A former Liberal turncoat is launching a political comeback - to spearhead the WA Nationals push into metropolitan seats.
Jessica Page
The Liberals believe there is overwhelming support for nuclear power in Collie as leader Peter Dutton says the party would ‘condense the timelines’ for building new technology power stations around the country.
Katina Curtis
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
While Peter Dutton’s pledge to scrap the Geographe Bay offshore wind farm zone was welcomed by his State colleagues, a union has criticised the move as one which will cut potential jobs from the region.
Oliver Lane
A year has passed since Federal Labor was handed a report advising how best to implement its live sheep export ban but ag leaders say they’re still waiting on a plan that will keep rural communities alive.
Industry leaders have downplayed fears of a live cattle export ban but say crippling “compromises” will be on the table as Federal Labor looks set to win a minority government at the next election.
The Albanese Government “doesn’t have a plan” to help WA sheep farmers transition away from live exports, a prominent industry leader has told hundreds of producers at a major industry convention in Perth.
