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Structural VulnerabilityCould a fertiliser co-operative prevent future supply woes?

The global geopolitical uncertainty that has sent shock waves across supply chains, in particular fertiliser, has highlighted Australia’s reliance and vulnerability on offshore manufacturing and supply imports.

Georgia Campion

The eruption of conflict in the Middle East in late February has forced private enterprises, and the State and Federal governments to take measures in securing adequate supplies of fuel and fertiliser for farmers heading into their winter crop — exposing Australia’s heavy reliance on imports for inputs.

Jasmine Hauiti, wool classer at Western Shearing and founder of social media account Shed Life, in York

SHED LIFEA social media account of life in WA sheep sheds is a hit

Danielle Marsland

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: WA lamb market under pressure

Western Australia’s lamb market is showing clear signs of strain, with rising interstate demand colliding with a structurally tighter local supply system.

Dean Hubbard

West River farmer Mark Mudie died in December while fighting a bushfire.

International Firefighters’ DayRavensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie enshrined for his service

Fallen Ravensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie has been permanently memorialised for his service to firefighting after he died fighting to save his farm from a bushfire last December.

Georgia Campion

Farmland prices are expected to increase at a modest rate this year.

Land PricesAus farmland values expected to grow modestly

Farmland prices across the country are expected to increase at a modest rate this year, with the median price per hectare forecast to grow by about 2 per cent.

Georgia Campion

Moondyne Joe, played by Toodyay's Oscar Litchfield, protests his innocence during the trial.

Toodyay transformedInfamous bushranger Moondyne Joe celebrated at Tooday event

Toodyay contractor Oscar Litchfield was installing a ringlock fence for a committee member when it was suggested he should play WA’s most infamous bushranger at one of the town’s largest events.

Rebecca Nadge

YEAR-ROUND SUPPLYProject finds optimal forage species for year-round feed

A five-year project has found the optimal combination of forage species to establish a year-round feed supply for sheep and cattle.

Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.

Georgia Campion

GAPUSPINDO Chair Pak Didiek Purwanto welcomes Australian Livestock Exporters’ Council Chair Dr Chris Back to the Importer–Exporter meeting in Jakarta.

Livestock MeetingAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

Trade relations between Australia and Indonesia have been strengthened in the latest livestock importer-exporter annual meeting in Jakarta, an industry worth more than $450 million last year.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: WA lamb market under pressure

Western Australia’s lamb market is showing clear signs of strain, with rising interstate demand colliding with a structurally tighter local supply system.

Structural VulnerabilityCould a fertiliser co-operative prevent future supply woes?

SHED LIFEA social media account of life in WA sheep sheds is a hit

York wool classer Jasmine Hauiti is pulling back the wool curtain on life in WA shearing sheds with her hit social media account.

Danielle Marsland

Wild dogs are a major pest species impacting on grazing industries across mainland Australia.

Biosecurity uncertaintyWild dog management faces uncertainty as funding is reduced

Thirteen of the State’s biosecurity groups have responded to drastic cuts to the WA wild dog action plan, which resulted in rangeland organisations having their funding slashed by 50 per cent.

Rebecca Nadge

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Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year.

state politics WATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Jessica Page

The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

MiningMore job cut details emerge as Rio renews FIFO catering gig

The French firm feeding Rio Tinto’s legion of workers in the Pilbara has renewed its contract amid a wave of redundancies sweeping through the iron ore giant’s Perth office.

Adrian Rauso

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Contractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Matt Mckenzie

An empty Rio Tinto hard hat in the Pilbara

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Mass job cuts loom for Rio Tinto’s Perth workforce

A major cutback at the State’s largest iron ore producer is believed to be in motion as speculation mounts that a high-ranking Perth manager will soon depart.

Adrian Rauso

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Disaster and EmergencyPassenger dies, driver faces charges after horror crash

A 22-year-old man has died and another young man has been charged with dangerous driving after a tragic crash in Albany.

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Feed SecuredCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Georgia Campion

Livestock MeetingAus and Indo livestock sector reps attend annual meeting

Georgia Campion

Biosecurity uncertaintyWild dog management faces uncertainty as funding is reduced

Rebecca Nadge

David Moir, The Blacksmith Shop, with an engraved knife he made from Double Griffin steel.

Forging aheadA nod to the past: blacksmith demonstrations drawing crowds

Rebecca Nadge

CNBC newsThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

CNBC newsPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

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Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

CNBC news‘Biggest energy security threat in history’: Bleak outlook

The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

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CNBC newsWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

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