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Dairy WoesBrownes workers to strike over wages, job security

Workers at WA’s oldest dairy, Brownes, will walk off the job on Wednesday for 24 hours after bargaining negotiations collapsed in the latest blow to the company already struggling with soaring costs.

Georgia Campion

A general view of milk at the Brownes Dairy Facility in Balcatta as production ramps up on Feb 04, 2022.

Tropical cyclone Narelle ripped through WA's northern and Mid West coasts last week, severely damaging homes, shearing sheds and crops.

Tropical ChaosEx-tropical cyclone Narelle rips through stations, crops

Georgia Campion and Danielle Marsland

Stirlings to Coast Farmers trials officer Liam Guthrie.

Faba-lous Growing interest champion new faba bean trials in GS

New faba bean trials through the Great Southern are kicking off with the aim of improving profitability in the legumes’ production following a successful shipment from Albany last year.

Georgia Campion

Uncertainty on fuel and fertiliser supplies is soaring amongst farmers as Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen reveals 45 stations across WA are without any diesel supplies.

Lacking SupplyFarmers struggling to get enough diesel for seeding

Uncertainty on fuel and fertiliser supplies is soaring amongst farmers as Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen reveals multiple stations across WA are without any diesel supplies.

Georgia Campion and Jessica Page

City of Busselton mayor Phill Cronin, K.D. Power & Co owner Darren Power, Tutanup dairy farmer Oscar Negus and Vasse MLA Libby Mettam are calling for changes to 11t load limits on South West bridges.

NO THROUGH ROADNew bridge limits cutting off supply to farms in South West

A dairy farmer is outraged after the Water Corporation gave him no notice before imposing “ridiculous” bridge load limits that will cut off his ability to send his milk to supermarkets and feed his animals

Danielle Marsland

Australian Dairy Farmers president Ben Bennett

DAIRY FARMERS’ DISMAYSubsidised European dairy imports threaten dairy farmers

WA dairy farmers feel sidelined by EU trade deal’s heavily subsidised European imports and cheese-naming restrictions.

Danielle Marsland

Brownes Dairy chief Natalie Sarich-Dayton says it has no choice but to lift prices due to the ‘unprecedented oil crisis’.

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Well-known WA brand to increase price of milk, food

West Australians can expect to pay more for their milk and food from next week, with the State’s oldest dairy forced to lift prices due to the ‘unprecedented oil crisis’ triggered by the Iran war.

Cheyanne Enciso

Qfly has been detected again after it was previously eradicated in August last year.

Horticulture ThreatQfly re-emerges for 11th time in Perth’s metro area

Queensland fruit fly has re-emerged in Perth’s southern suburbs after it was declared eradicated for the 10th time in August last year, posing a threat to WA’s fruit and vegetable crops.

Georgia Campion

LIVESTOCKDPIRD brings sheep and goat eID info session to Boyup Brook

Boyup-Brook is among four towns set to host a series of drop-in information sessions to assist sheep and goat producers transition to the new mandatory electronic identification (eID) of their animals

York farmers Adrian and Erin Emin have started seeding but are saying they aren’t sure if they will be able to finish it due to fuel and fertiliser shortages.

No PlanSeeding begins, fuel and fertiliser security concerns soar

More than a month on since the outbreak of the war in the Middle East, farmers are still wondering when an agriculture-specific plan will be put in place to secure fuel supplies as seeding begins.

Dairy WoesBrownes workers to strike over wages, job security

Mordallup Angus stud co-principal Mark Muir walks the stud record $40,500 sale-topper back to his pen to await transport to his new home in Queensland.

Mordallup bull saleMordallup Yearlings top at record $40,500

The Muir family’s 70th year of Angus seedstock breeding at their Mordallup stud property was rewarded with a $40,500 record top price yearling bull sold to Queensland interests for its New Zealand pedigree.

Bob Garnant

DAIRY FARMERS’ DISMAYSubsidised European dairy imports threaten dairy farmers

WA dairy farmers feel sidelined by EU trade deal’s heavily subsidised European imports and cheese-naming restrictions.

Danielle Marsland

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A forklift passes the power plant at the Emirates Global Aluminium PJSC Al Taweelah plant in Abu Dhabi.

MiningAlcoa’s crucial WA alumina supplies face Hormuz deadlock

Deadlock in the Strait of Hormuz has upended trade between Alcoa’s cyclone-disrupted WA alumina operations and one of the world’s biggest aluminium producers, whose refinery was bombarded at the weekend.

Simone Grogan

Glenda McGregor has been charged with producing child exploitation material linked to young adult author Craig Silvey.

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Bombshell revelation about grandma charged in Silvey probe

The woman arrested after award-winning author Craig Silvey for allegedly producing child exploitation material was on a police watch list for serious offenders.

Sarah Crawford

The harrowing incident happened as he walked unattended across Princess Road in Balga on Thursday morning.

POLICEToddler hit by car in Perth after wandering from family home

A distressing video shows the moment an 18-month-old boy was hit by a car on Thursday morning, with the impact sending the child rolling about 10 metres.

Caleb Runciman

Brothers Otis, 14, and Leon, 16, were found dead alongside their parents Jarrod Clune and Maiweena Goasdoue inside their Mott Close home on January 30.

CrimeMosman Park tragedy: What we still don’t know months later

Nearly two months on from the horror Mosman Park tragedy in which two teenage boys were killed by their parents, some of the most important questions remain unanswered.

Jessica Evensen

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No PlanSeeding begins, fuel and fertiliser security concerns soar

Georgia Campion and Rhianna Mitchell

Dairy WoesBrownes workers to strike over wages, job security

Georgia Campion

DAIRY FARMERS’ DISMAYSubsidised European dairy imports threaten dairy farmers

Danielle Marsland

WA NewsMajor highway shut after chicken truck crash

Claire Sadler

CNBC newsWhat ‘backwardation’ in oil market means for energy prices

Analysts say the market has now entered a state of “backwardation” that suggests a risk premium has been baked into energy prices, despite traders anticipating a swift resolution to the conflict.

Chloe Taylor

An unusual burst of activity early Monday, minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows.

CNBC newsBillion dollar ‘bet’ minutes before Trump’s post pays off

‘Someone with access to privileged information appears to have made hundreds of millions in profit by trading on a political secret before it became public.’

Yun Li