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WA newsWA ag industry mourns passing of farming legend Bob Iffla

Newdegate-Lake Grace farming legend and influential agri-politics player Bob Iffla has passed away after a lifetime of tenacity and hard work.

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Eileen and Bob Iffla in a crop of oats at their Lake King farm in 2016.

Vince Murray, 90, with his grandson Jarrod Clifton and his wife Ragia, along with Shane and Angela Clifton who all are continuing the family farming tradtion at Gingin of running a productive beef cattle enterprise that goes back to the 1860s.

In the black at GinginGingin’s Clifton family take on cattle breeding tradition

Bob Garnant

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

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RFDS fundraising co-ordinator Kelly Haddrick and planned giving lead Gill Murray alongside AWN WA manager Greg Tilbrook.

RFDS fundraisingAWN and Dyson Jones’ support RFDS

Three bales of superfine Merino wool sold through the WA wool auction system have raised a combined total of $8639 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service WA.

Melissa Pedelty

The APVMA has opted against banning paraquat more than three decades after it was first flagged for review. Inset: APVMA chief executive Scott Hansen.

Chemical DecisionWin for farmers as APVMA opts against banning paraquat

Australia’s chemical regulator and watchdog has decided not to ban paraquat and diquat, instead restricting application rates in a win for growers across the country.

Georgia Campion

Papua New Guinea (PNG) has suspended imports of Australian poultry and eggs after the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in seabirds in WA last week.

World PoliticsPNG bans Australian chicken, eggs imports amid bird flu

Papua New Guinea has suspended imports of Australian poultry and eggs after the H5N1 bird flu virus was detected in seabirds in WA last week.

Angela Pownall

WASIA president Darren Spencer at his family's Upper Swan farming property.

WASIA leadership changeWASIA president Darren Spencer steps down from 16-year role

WA Shearing Industry Association president Darren Spencer has stepped down after serving 16 years at the helm in promoting excellence to the State’s contractors and shedhand workers.

Bob Garnant

Multi-award winners Tom and Maddie Wilde, who took out six champion titles including the coveted Champion Overall Dairy Product at the Perth Royal Food Awards.

Award winning cheeseCundinup artesian cheese takes out top award

Cundinup-based Cambray master cheesemaker Tom Wilde and his wife Maddie backed up their 2025 champion overall dairy product title with a Washed Rind Brie entry at this year’s Perth Royal Food Awards.

Bob Garnant

The University of Canberra’s Regional Wellbeing Survey showed a marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers.

mental healthAg sector under pressure, lack of mental health support

Mental health care in regional areas remains hard to access despite the marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers over the last 10 years

DPIRD veterinarian taking samples to test for the virus.

Public HealthFourth suspected case of bird flu found in WA

Another suspected positive case of the deadly H5 bird flu has been detected in WA’s south, bringing the number of confirmed or suspected cases to four.

WA newsWA ag industry mourns passing of farming legend Bob Iffla

Newdegate-Lake Grace farming legend and influential agri-politics player Bob Iffla has passed away after a lifetime of tenacity and hard work.

Wool industry experts aligned on their faith the industry has the ability to grow exponentially over the next 10 years at the Beyond the Flock forum hosted by Facey Group on June 22.

beyond the flockWA wool industry at a crossroads

Wool industry experts aligned on their faith the industry has the ability to grow exponentially over the next 10 years at a recent forum but farmers say they are tired, leaving the industry at a crossroads.

Melissa Pedelty

Dutch-based autonomous electric tractor manufacturer EOX looks to launch two products in WA.

energy sovereigntyWA soon to be home to EOX’s autonomous electric tractors

A Dutch-based autonomous electric tractor manufacturer is launching its sustainable tractors on the WA market after realising a demand for energy sovereignty across the country.

Melissa Pedelty

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Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson has been hit with a five-match ban after an incident at a weekend soccer game.

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Josh Wilson hit with five-match ban after soccer punch

A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.

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Centurion chief executive Justin Cardaci (left) with Express Group founders Andrea and Mark Mazza.

CEOsCEO’s shock exit from family transport empire

The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.

Sean Smith

Countryman NewsWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

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Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has the Dockers firing like no one ever has.

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Motormouth Mitch: Freo's next $2m man who needs to sign

The signature which could cost Fremantle $2 million a season and the forward West Coast could turn to as they try to solve their defensive woes. Mitchell Woodcock takes a look at a big week in footy.

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Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

Cheyanne Enciso

Countryman NewsWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

PoliceMan dead and woman critical after motorcycle convoy crash

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.

The City of Stirling is investigating a Nollamara backyard development.

PropertyPerth neighbours claim granny flat approval gone too far

The City of Stirling is investigating a backyard development after concerns a single granny flat approval has led to what neighbours describe as an ‘accommodation village’ in a residential street.

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Award winning cheeseCundinup artesian cheese takes out top award

Bob Garnant

mental healthAg sector under pressure, lack of mental health support

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Public HealthFourth suspected case of bird flu found in WA

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WA newsWA ag industry mourns passing of farming legend Bob Iffla

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

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Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

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For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

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People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

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