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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

Brodie Richards, Oliver Sloane, and Sophie Richards, all of Dowerin.

field daysAll the action from the Dowerin Machinery Field Days

WA’s biggest farming field day has celebrated another year with thousands gathering in the small town of Dowerin.

Melissa Pedelty

Rural Aid counsellor Chris Gibbs at the 2026 Dowerin Machinery Field Days.

Dowerin Machinery Field DaysRural Aid’s ‘largest’ presence at Dowerin field days

Rural Aid was out in force at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days, in the charity’s largest presence at the annual event after an increase in counsellors to tackle regional mental health.

Swan Valley residents are feeling hopeful there will be action on flooding issues.

With a paddleSwan Valley residents ‘jubilant’ after meeting on flooding

Swan Valley residents have walked away from a meeting with the Deputy Premier feeling “jubilant” after years of protesting increasing flooding as a result of neighbouring housing developments.

GRDC managing director Nigel Hart and chair Sharon Starick at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days.

New platformGRDC launch one-stop-shop for soils research

Australia’s leading grains research organisation is investing $7.4 million in a new online platform intended to be the one-stop shop for decades worth of soils research and knowledge.

WA processed almost one in six sheep slaughtered in Australia over the past year.

lamb-tasticABS stats shows WA’s significant role in the supply chain

WA is playing a large role in Australia’s sheepmeat supply chain, processing almost one in six sheep slaughtered in Australia over the past year

Melissa Pedelty

AWTA designed grab sampling imaging which captures high-quality images of grab samples.

new toolGrab sampling: latest tool for the wool industry

Australia’s leading voice for wool has applauded Australian Wool Testing Authority’s creation of a new system which could change the way wool brokers and merchants market and sell Australian wool

Melissa Pedelty

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An autonomous truck at a BHP Pilbara iron ore mine

MiningBHP to sack WA iron ore workers amid tech expansion

The Big Australian is swinging the axe on a chunk of its 1600-strong workforce at a massive Pilbara iron ore mine.

Adrian Rauso

Forensic officers at the house of the attack.

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Attempted murder charges laid over Warnbro home invasion

Detectives have charged four men with offences including attempted murder as part of their investigation into a terrifying Warnbro home invasion where two people were stabbed.

Caleb Runciman

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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Health authorities have issued an urgent warning about a popular but extreme indoor fitness craze in the wake of seven people being rushed to hospital after collapsing at a Perth meet.

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Jack Murray was killed in a Geraldton car crash this week.

Road tollFamily of teenager killed in crash open up about heartbreak

The family of the latest person killed on WA roads has spoken out about their senseless loss and absolute heartbreak, saying the tragedy has “left a hole in all of our lives that can never be filled.”

Kate Campbell

Royals' Cameron Smith knocks the ball clear of Denmark-Walpole's James Charlesworth.

Strong showing Lions roar over Magpies in deciding home-and-away fixture

A cunning Royals’ gameplan has undone Denmark-Walpole and handed the Lions hosting rights for this week’s huge elimination final after they finished the GSFL season in third place on the ladder.

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Swans CEO Matthew Pavlich and chair Andrew Pridham on Wednesday.

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New platformGRDC launch one-stop-shop for soils research

Melissa Pedelty

new toolGrab sampling: latest tool for the wool industry

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Consolidated Pastoral Company will be actively involved in the establishment of the new livestock method under the Australian carbon credit unit scheme.

bring it onNew livestock carbon method will take 30 months to complete

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.

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

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Michael Burry, former head of Scion Capital Group.

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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

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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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