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Cost of MilkDairy farmers call for fair pay as profits continue decline

Calls are mounting from Australian dairy farmers for fairer price increases on the supermarket shelf to support sustainable and fresh production.

Georgia Campion

Australia’s dairy farmers have issued a unified call for a fairer price.

Australian Wagyu Association former president Chantal Winter, life member Peter Gilmour and president Laird Morgan.

WAGYU PIONEER RECOGNISEDWA Wagyu producer recognised for his service to the industry

Rebecca Nadge

Gemma Healy-Maver has been teaching for 25 years in Yuna, a tiny farming community north-east of Geraldton

RURAL TEACHER SHORTAGELack of incentives for “isolating” rural teaching positions

Just 2 per cent of Australia’s teachers work in remote schools and after 25 years teaching in a tiny farming community north-east of Geraldton, Gemma Healy-Maver said current incentives are not enough

Danielle Marsland

DPIRD principal research scientist Wayne Parker encourages grain growers to use the EasyDiesel calculator to inform deep ripping decisions.

Supply DecisionsDPIRD launches deep ripping calculator for growers

A tool to calculate the cost of deep ripping for WA crop farmers has been released in the face of continuing uncertainty around fuel and fertiliser supply and prices.

Georgia Campion

Gabyon Pastoral Company's eight-monthly shearing takes place at the historical Irwin House shearing shed.

Gabyon Pastoral CompanyGabyon Pastoral Company’s 90th year of moving forward

The Dongara-based Henderson Shearing team were filling the bales at the O’Brien and Gillam family’s historical Irwin House shearing shed as the wool market lifted 70¢ to close at 1895¢/kg.

Bob Garnant

Gingin Anzac Day commemoration service co-ordinator Ian Griffiths.

Anzac Day ServiceDigger carries on his family’s generational service

Retired RAAF serviceman, WO Ian Hugh Griffiths (1980-2017), continues his family’s generational contributions through his role as the Gingin Anzac Day Dawn Service co-ordinator.

Bob Garnant

An edited photo of consultant Paul Swan, Sydney.

WOOL’S WORTHSetting the record straight on wool’s carbon footprint

According to some international frameworks, wool is up to 33 times worse for the environmental than acrylic, nylon and polyester combined

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

After learning his craft while working for the WA Government Railway Workshops, blacksmith David Moir now captivates crowds of young and old as he works around the forge.

Rebecca Nadge

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.

RRR Network chief executive Kendall Galbraith.

OPENING DOORSHow remote work is rewriting the rules for regional women

While access to employment in regional communities remains competitive, limited, or poorly matched to the skills and aspirations of women, a quiet transformation is taking shape.

Cost of MilkDairy farmers call for fair pay as profits continue decline

Calls are mounting from Australian dairy farmers for fairer price increases on the supermarket shelf to support sustainable and fresh production.

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

WAGYU PIONEER RECOGNISEDWA Wagyu producer recognised for his service to the industry

A WA producer who founded one of Australia’s leading fullblood Wagyu herds has been recognised with an honourary life membership.

Rebecca Nadge

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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

A woman in her 60s is in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital following a horror crash.

CrashMotorcyclist in critical condition after Tonkin Hwy crash

A woman in her 60s is in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital under priority one following a horror crash.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Courts & JusticeIdentity revealed of man charged over WA gold mine death

A man charged with manslaughter over the death of his colleague at a Goldfields gold mine last month has fronted court.

Tegan Guthrie

G8 education’s chair has conceded the scandal has hurt confidence and trust in the sector

MarketsSEE THE LIST: Childcare giant to close 12 WA centres

Childcare giant G8 Education will close about 40 childcare centres around Australia - and 12 in WA - with ‘horrific’ child sex abuse charges against a former staffer partly blamed.

Rebecca Le May

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HealthHow many steps you should be taking based on your age

While it was originally thought that 10,000 steps a day was the golden number for everyone, age plays a huge part in how much you should walk to meet daily physical activity guidelines.

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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.

Perth’s median house price is continuing to rise.

PropertyPerth house prices on track to jump by $500 a day

Perth’s median house price is on track to jump by a whopping 20 per cent this year — the equivalent of almost $500 a day — according to WA’s peak industry body.

Mr Cook used a mining industry breakfast to announce his ‘seven cities’ vision for Broome, Karratha, Port Hedland, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Albany, and plans to build more than 500 extra homes for government workers.

state politicsCook accused of playing ‘catch-up’ on housing with new plan

Port Hedland is the biggest winner out of Roger Cook’s Budget boost for regional housing but after years of inaction, the Premier is blamed for playing ‘catch-up’ on supply.

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Forging aheadA nod to the past: blacksmith demonstrations drawing crowds

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Cost of MilkDairy farmers call for fair pay as profits continue decline

Georgia Campion

International Firefighters’ DayRavensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie enshrined for his service

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WAGYU PIONEER RECOGNISEDWA Wagyu producer recognised for his service to the industry

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

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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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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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