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TAKING CARE OF BUSINESSTristan White runs a crew of 20 shearers

Yealering shearer Tristan White shore 300 sheep during his biggest day in the shed, but ask him what he loves most about the job and the answer has nothing to do with a tally board.

Danielle Marsland

Yealering shearer Tristan White on the job.

BEEF CONFIDENCEWA records largest year-on-year gains in beef confidence

Rebecca Nadge

WA Farmers CEO Trevor Whittington. Justin Benson-Cooper

Live ex bureaucracyOpinion: Why did this require such a vast bureaucracy?

Nearly two years after the live export ban became law, farmers have been making decisions while the transition industry is still planning the transition.

Trevor Whittington

WAFarmers president and Kojonup sheep farmer Steve McGuire.

Changing marketsConfidence loss highlighted in WA sheep industry report

An economic analysis underpinning WA’s transition away from live sheep exports has found the sector will require broad market changes, rather than simply rebuilding flock numbers.

Rebecca Nadge

State PoliticsCook declares need to refine canola locally to boost value

Roger Cook has described the lack of a canola crushing and refining industry in WA as ‘nuts’ as he outlined his desire for the State to add value to a product it exports around $1.2 billion worth of each year.

Oliver Lane

L-R: Cate Begbie, Tessa Bignell (senior boarder), Maeve Kent (deputy senior boarder), Roley Pearce (Farmers Across Borders vice-president), Sam Starcevich (Farmers Across Borders president and co-founder), Jenny Perks (Farmers Across Borders committee member), Darren Beard (Farmers Across Borders committee member), Faith Ryan (Year 9 boarder), Zara Ryan (Year 12 boarder), Katie Ryan (boarding parent and pastoralist), and Susie Edwards (director of boarding).

DROUGHT CHARITY DRIVEPLC has raised $50,000 for Farmers Without Borders

A Perth school community whose boarding families have been hit hard by drought have raised more than $50,000 for emergency hay deliveries to drought-stricken areas

Danielle Marsland

Wool to ClothesWoolgrowers get glimpse into journey from sheep to clothes

WA woolgrowers and industry stakeholders got a glimpse into the complex processes and supply chain that wool travels through once it leaves the farm.

Georgia Campion

The new HDR60 and HDF60, when paired with the X9 combine, provide a powerful boost to harvesting capacity with increased cutting width.

Increased cutting widthWider draper platforms to boost harvesting capacity

Updates to John Deere’s front-end equipment line-up, including two new 60-foot (18.3m) hinge-draper platforms, will allow broadacre farmers to cover more hectares, more efficiently in crucial harvest windows.

Rebecca Nadge

Cecilia Sounness volunteered at the Mt Barker Country Women’s Association for more than 60 years.

Cecilia SounnessBeloved Mt Barker stalwart Cis Sounness remembered

Mt Barker community stalwart Cecilia “Cis” Sounness OAM has died at the age of 103, leaving behind a legacy of service, generosity and dedication that helped shape the Plantagenet district for eight decades.

Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Lachlan Hunter speaks to the media outside Parliament, West Perth, on Tuesday.

Activist politicsOpinion: We’ve seen it before, don’t flirt with activists

The Cook Labor Government’s growing flirtation with the Greens and the Animal Justice Party should concern every farming and pastoral family in Western Australia.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESSTristan White runs a crew of 20 shearers

Yealering shearer Tristan White shore 300 sheep during his biggest day in the shed, but ask him what he loves most about the job and the answer has nothing to do with a tally board.

BEEF CONFIDENCEWA records largest year-on-year gains in beef confidence

The latest survey measuring sentiment in the beef industry found WA producers had the largest year-on-year increase in industry confidence.

Rebecca Nadge

Chris Tomlinson's quad of lambs in Tenterden.

rare phenomenonRare quad of lambs born on Tenterden farm

A Tenterden farmer was given a pleasant surprise last week when one of his ewes gave birth to a rare quadruplet of lambs.

Melissa Sheil

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A former primary school principal and elite sports coach is on trial over a string of historic child sex offences.

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A former primary school principal charged with a string of historic child sex offences allegedly performed a lewd act in front of his junior athletes whilst driving them home, a Perth court has heard.

Jessica Evensen

Deputy commissioner Kylie Whiteley said speed contributed to the horror crash.

PoliceSpeed ‘without a doubt’ contributed to fatal crash: Top cop

A senior WA Police officer says ‘without a doubt’ speed and a history of concerning road behaviour is being investigated after a tragic fatal crash that killed a driver and seriously injured his girlfriend.

Caleb Runciman

Australian Border Force officers selected 29-year-old Zhi-Xuan Chen for a baggage search and device examination in August before his iPhone 12 Max uncovered what court documents describe as ‘anime images depicting prepubescent girls’.

CRIMEHoliday worker jailed over disturbing find at Perth Airport

A Taiwanese man on a working holiday has been jailed for more than seven years after officers intercepted his luggage at Perth Airport and uncovered an ‘extremely disturbing’ collection.

Caleb Runciman

Dark Horse Agency director Nicole Jameson agrees that Generation X is feeling the pinch.

National Exhausted and invisible: Why Generation X is in crisis

Australia’s Generation X — those born between 1965 and 1980 — are stretched, exhausted and only just coping as they support multiple generations while facing a financial storm, according to a major study.

Rhianna Mitchell

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Ben and Bryan Cousins at Swan Districts Football Club.

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‘Disgraceful’ BanIndustry braces for live sheep export ban now two years away

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As WA’s live sheep export industry begins to grinds to a dramatic halt ahead of the ban, demand for boxed sheep meat is growing, says Episode 3 market analyst Andrew Whitelaw.

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