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Trade ThreatCattle industry under threat from live export ban petition

A Meekatharra pastoralist has warned WA’s Top End could suffer greatly if a petition to ban all live exports is successfully tabled in Federal Parliament next month.

Georgia Campion

Retired Meekatharra pastoralist Raelene Hall has warned of the threat to WA’s and the NT's cattle industry if a petition to ban all live exports in Australia is successful when tabled in Federal Parliament next month.

Beermullah cattle producer Chase Edwards.

Fifth-generation making a goBeermullah beef producer takes on family farm with spark

Bob Garnant

Inaugural Dairy Producers’ Committee chair Peter Evans gave an update on the committee at the WAFarmers Dairy Conference on Thursday, July 30.

moooving forwardDairy Producers’ Committee is full steam ahead

WA’s newly formed Dairy Producers’ Committee has officially started working on its regulation instructions after securing eight industry leaders to form the inaugural team.

Melissa Pedelty

Nutrien State wool manager Warren Holt holds up wool.

“only temporary”Wool market records major losses before three-week recess

WA wool industry experts believe the decline in the wool market is temporary, and are unbothered by the negative start to the new financial year.

Melissa Pedelty

Consolidated Pastoral Company chief executive Troy Setter said he believed the wool industry was entering a new era of opportunity.

Extensive operationConsolidated Pastoral Company finalises purchase of Madura

One of Australia’s largest agrifood businesses is continuing to invest heavily in its sheep operations, confident the WA sheep industry is entering a “new era of opportunity”.

Melissa Pedelty and Kim Macdonald

Western Dairy and WA’s newly formed Dairy Producers’ Committee explore merger potential.

to be herdWA dairy leaders look to consolidate industry resources

Western Dairy and WA’s newly formed Dairy Producers’ Committee are exploring the idea of merging to better serve the dwindling dairy farmer population.

Melissa Pedelty

RRR Network chief executive Kendall Galbraith.

major milestoneRRR Network celebrates 30th anniversary

A peak independent advocacy body is celebrating 30 years of connecting and empowering rural, regional and remote women in WA.

Melissa Pedelty

Indian delegates at the Elders Ravenhill Facility. Pictured: WoolProducers Australian general manager Adam Dawes, Ashok Kumar Surana from Wool India, Elders national manager of wool operations Simon Hogan and Vishwas Surana from Wool India.

marketsIndian wool processing business sets sights on Australia

An Indian wool processing business has made a trip to Australia to explore expanded Merino opportunities

Melissa Pedelty

end of an eraFarmers’ Own milk brand to end in July 2027

Grant Family Dairy Farm has supplied milk to Woolworths for its Farmers’ Own milk brand since it was established in October 2014, but that will soon change.

Research scientist Mark Sander will return to the Dowerin Machinery Field Days with the DPIRD Emergency Management mapping display.

DOWERINDPIRD gearing up for Dowerin Machinery Field Days exhibit

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is gearing up for its annual exhibition stall at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days later this month

Wagin Woolorama volunteer steward Kevin Ball readies one of his last trophies after a stellar 30-year stint as head of the Merino section. Bob Garnant

Rural volunteersRecruiting regional volunteers a worthwhile effort

Committee members behind major community events say attracting volunteers in regional areas can be an ongoing effort but is one that pays off in spades

WA Stockfeeds has acquired Kettridges after it fell into liquidation earlier this year.

Business acquisitionKettridges pulled from liquidation by WA stockfeed supplier

South West-based stockfeed business Kettridges has been pulled from liquidation by a fellow WA stockfeed supplier, which has used the acquisition as an opportunity to broaden its reach to producers.

Georgia Campion

Beyond the SaleyardsBeyond the Saleyards: Don’t lose sight of the fundamentals

While sudden price movements naturally raise questions, this is also one of the most difficult periods of the year to interpret, writes Dean Hubbard.

Dean Hubbard

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Disaster and EmergencyDriver dies at the wheel after 4WD rolls

A young man has died after rolling his ute on a regional highway in WA’s north-west.

Brooke Rolfe

Ethan Mead died at the scene when he lost control of his Toyota LandCruiser ute and rolled several times while driving south on Dartmoor Road

The Geraldton Guardian‘World turned upside down’: Young man killed in WA crash

The shattered family of a 21-year-old man killed in a car rollover in the Mid West last week have laid bare their utter grief and devastation, paying heart-wrenching tributes to their beloved son and brother.

Kate Campbell

Catholic Education WA has released a new code of conduct which spells out clear expectations for the behaviour of parents and carers at all 149 Catholic schools across the State.

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Parents could be banned from Catholic schools under new code

Aggressive or bad-mannered parents who threaten or swear at teachers in Catholic schools or barge into classrooms are being put on notice they will face consequences, including being banned from the premises.

Bethany Hiatt

Chanelle Marie Harris leaves Perth Supreme Court on Wednesday 5 August.

CrimeWoman charged with fatal Ellenbrook crash faces court

Chanelle Marie Harris briefly fronted court over a fatal crash that claimed the life of her passenger after a collision with a vehicle towing a horse float.

Jessica Evensen

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The scene of the horror crash near Shark Bay.

Disaster and EmergencyHeartbreaking final words to dying driver after horror crash

A selfless first responder to a double fatal head-on collision near Shark Bay has recounted how she spoke quiet, gentle words to one of the drivers involved in the tragedy before they took their final breath.

Brooke Rolfe

A WA Police vehicle parked outside Manjimup Accessories during Tuesday's operation, with police assisting Department of Health officers.

PolicePolice back health in Manjimup tobacco raid

Officers from the Department of Health’s tobacco and vape regulation directorate were accompanied by South West police at a Manjimup business as part of a regulatory activity.

A woman who was caught in a car with a trafficable quantity of meth, illegal weapons and cannabis has been granted bail until her next court hearing.

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Bail for woman accused of trafficable meth haul in car

A woman allegedly caught during a traffic stop in Mt Barker with a huge meth haul in her car along with illegal weapons has been granted bail.

Police from the major crash investigation section are trying to determine the cause of the collision.

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Two dead, child critical after crash near WA tourist town

A serious crash near Shark Bay on Monday has killed two people and critically injured a 12-year-old child, who is receiving treatment on an emergency jet flight back to Perth.

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end of an eraFarmers’ Own milk brand to end in July 2027

Melissa Pedelty

DOWERINDPIRD gearing up for Dowerin Machinery Field Days exhibit

Georgia Campion

moooving forwardDairy Producers’ Committee is full steam ahead

Melissa Pedelty

New intensive dairy facilities, including those that use free stall barns, dairy dry lots, loose housing barns and feed pads, are most likely to be target by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulations.

regulationDWER unlikely to target existing intensive dairy facilities

Melissa Pedelty

CNBC newsEurope is blowing up riverbeds to save its economy

Authorities are turning to extreme measures to fight the economy-threatening drought, like blowing up riverbeds.

Sam Meredith

Michael Burry, former head of Scion Capital Group.

CNBC newsBurry of The Big Short fame says we’re near ‘1987-type fall’

Michael Burry is sticking with his bearish wagers even as the S&P500 surges to a record high, warning that the rally could still end in a sharp sell-off reminiscent of the 1987 stock-market crash.

Yun Li

CNBC newsBP profit more than doubles, Trump blasts Big Oil

BP on Tuesday reported a sharp upswing in second-quarter profit, as energy supermajors reap massive profits from higher fossil fuel prices amid hostilities between the US and Iran.

Sam Meredith