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another slapAgriculture visa applications deprioritised

A quiet panic is emerging among WA farmers as they come to terms with the Federal Government’s visa processing priorities, prompting calls for an overhaul to the system.

Melissa Pedelty

End of harvest 2025 at Mic Fels' Esperance property, including visa workers: Christian Skadborg, Emil Agerholm, Karl Kristian Rasmussen, Steffen Birk, Mads Dossing, Mikkel Doessing, Mic Fels and Lionel Richards.

Xytovet genetic sales consultant Zali Beech, Manunda Merino Stud principal Wayne Button, Luke Button, judges Geoff Davidson, Jack McRae, Clinton Blight and Iain Nicholson with the 2026 Rabobank WA Sheep Expo’s supreme sheep.

Top Tier RamManunda Merino ram snags top title at Katanning expo

Georgia Campion

a new eraTwo brothers, two different farming enterprises

Three generations of Halls have farmed at Brookton but a split in ownership between brothers has resulted in two very different enterprises.

Melissa Pedelty

Shadow minister for aboriginal affairs Neil Thomson said he understood the cattle were likely to be loaded this week due to a last minute reprieve to open the floating deck.

awaiting exportPort strike delays export of 7500 cattle

More than 7000 cattle were stuck at a backgrounding facility in Roebuck due to the industrial action at Broome port.

Melissa Pedelty

Commander Lawrence Panaia pictured speaking outside Police Headquarters.

POLICE‘Human error’ blamed after WA gun owner emails leaked

Hundreds of licensed firearm holders had their email addresses accidentally leaked to other law-abiding gun owners, forcing WA Police to apologise and raising security concerns by a peak firearms association.

Caleb Runciman

Brookton grower Sarah Walters and Dowerin grower Riley Hagboom.

shear willWool industry gathers in Brookton to discuss its future

A small Wheatbelt town’s local hall was filled to the brim when wool industry stakeholders came together to discuss the future of the industry.

Melissa Pedelty

Cattle at Muresk Institute, near Northam.

Cattle PlanLive cattle industry unveils new 10-year industry plan

A 10-year plan to strengthen Australia’s live cattle exports by driving growth and public confidence in animal welfare has been backed by the beef and dairy industries.

Georgia Campion

Federal MP Rick Wilson says a proposed change to WA’s grain industry should be paused.

OpinionOpinion: The red tape threatening Australia’s grain industry

Farmers, storage operators and exporters are not interested in exposing staff to unnecessary risks. But good regulation requires evidence, proportionality and practical application, writes Rick Wilson.

Rick Wilson

Top Tier RamManunda Merino ram snags top title at Katanning expo

The Button family of Manunda Merino Stud took home the top title of Supreme at this year’s Katanning sheep expo, with their ram narrowly beating out a competing ewe.

another slapAgriculture visa applications deprioritised

A quiet panic is emerging among WA farmers as they come to terms with the Federal Government’s visa processing priorities, prompting calls for an overhaul to the system.

NSW's dairy farmer Jane Polson and Norco chief executive officer Michael Hampson at the launch of the Norco National Farmer Wellbeing Report.

Mental healthFarmers’ mental health crisis rated as most severe

A new report has found Australian agriculture is under pressure from increased costs and natural disasters, leaving farmers questioning their future in the food supply industry.

Elders stud stock manager Nathan King, Belmont Park Poll Merino stud co-principal Raymond Edward, of Wagin, sheep classer Courtney Sutherland, and Elders SA Stud Stock Manager Alistair Keller, with one of the top priced rams at the 2026 Rabobank WA Ram Sale at Katanning.

Pricey RamsTwo rams tie for top price of $15,000 at Katanning

Two WA rams were the subject of fierce bidding at the Katanning ram sale, tying for the top price of $15,000 as buyers targeted structure

Georgia Campion

Agora Livestock head of markets Dean Hubbard.

Beyond the saleyardsBeyond the Saleyards: Prices are here, now for the lambs

There are now signs that the anticipated seasonal lift in processor lamb pricing is beginning, writes Dean Hubbard.

Dean Hubbard

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Newtown Condingup Football Club was rocked after a player collapsed and stop breathing during their finals match.

WA NewsWA footy finals match abandoned after freak medical episode

A finals football match was brought to a standstill when a player suddenly collapsed on the field and stopped breathing.

Brooke Rolfe

Rochelle Eyles (right) was killed when the orange Volvo hatchback.

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Apprentice chef revealed as young woman killed in crash

A young woman who died in a devastating rollover in the Wheatbelt on Sunday is being remembered as ‘one in a million’.

Caitlin Vinci

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Australia’s $500m masterpiece heading to WA next year

One of the most cherished and famous paintings in Australia’s national collection will go on display in Perth next year, as Jackson Pollock’s masterpiece Blue poles heads west for the first time.

Andrew Greene

Everywhere: The extent of flight tracking data for Fortescue’s private jet. Pictured is Fortescue executive chair Andrew Forrest at Scitech.

Herd on the TerraceWhere in the world was Andrew Forrest?

It’s the beginning of a beautiful friendship for Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue in Morocco. Plus: Ben Wyatt’s GST slam dunk; and a new chapter in WA luxury builder’s insolvency intrigue.

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Swans CEO Matthew Pavlich and chair Andrew Pridham on Wednesday.

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Sydney chair Andrew Pridham says banned Swans players are ‘extremely remorseful for their actions’ and says the decision to ‘effectively torpedo our season’ showed how seriously the club had taken the matter.

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After millions of guests, thousands of rotations, and countless memories, an iconic Perth venue will say goodbye in January.

Emergency services at a Baldivis property last October.

Courts & JusticeChatGPT ‘egged on’ Perth mother before alleged baby murder

More than 8000 messages between a Perth mother accused of murdering her baby and chatGPT will form a central part of the case, a court has been told.

Courts & JusticePerth bakery back in court over alleged unlawful conduct

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another slapAgriculture visa applications deprioritised

Melissa Pedelty

Mental healthFarmers’ mental health crisis rated as most severe

Bob Garnant

a new eraTwo brothers, two different farming enterprises

Melissa Pedelty

Telecommunications industry Ombudsman Cynthia Gebert.

bleak pictureLack of connectivity leaves farmers behind

Melissa Pedelty

CNBC newsMyspace eyes comeback to combat social media fatigue

The early 2000s platform would capitalise on nostalgia and rejection of the traditional social media experience. Would you go back?

Sawdah Bhaimiya

An aerial view shows a former eel fishing boat covered in dried mud among on low water among the banks of the river Rhine near Neuss, western Germany, on July 30, 2026, as the water level in the Rhine is falling to a record low following exceptionally hot weather.

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.

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