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Keeping it FrenchHalls Family Dairy keeping cheese quintessentially French

After stumbling across French cow breeds in a farming magazine more than two decades ago, Phillip and Suzanne Hall are the proud award-winning owners of WA’s largest Normande herd.

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Phillip and Suzanne Hall of Halls Family Dairy and Roblynne Holsteins run a herd of purebred Normande dairy cattle in the State's South West.

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

International Firefighters’ DayRavensthorpe farmer Mark Mudie enshrined for his service

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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.

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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

Taleah Cooke, 11, Rio Power, 13, and Asha Kerferd, 12 at the WA Youth Cattle Camp.

CATTLE CAMP Youth Cattle Camp was back in Brunswick for another year

Young cattle enthusiasts from across the State descended onto the Brunswick Showgrounds last week, for the annual WA Youth Cattle Camp.

Rose Patane

Elders western region livestock sales manager Wayne Peake.

BACK SHEEP’S BACK, ALL RIGHT Sector confidence lifts as producers opt back in to sheep

Agents say WA’s sheep producers are finally being rewarded after a tumultuous few years in the sector, with grower confidence increasing over the past three months and many operators buying back into sheep

Rebecca Nadge

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

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.

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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.

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

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

The ImmuneDEX aims to show the overall immune competence of Merino sheep.

IMMUNE COMPETENCEMerino genomic index released to capture immune competence

A genomic index that highlights overall immune competence in Merino sheep will be commercially available from May 1.

Keeping it FrenchHalls Family Dairy keeping cheese quintessentially French

After stumbling across French cow breeds in a farming magazine more than two decades ago, Phillip and Suzanne Hall are the proud award-winning owners of WA’s largest Normande herd.

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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.

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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

CrimeWATCH: Bikie Troy Mercanti in violent brawl at popular pub

Dramatic CCTV footage has emerged of underworld figure Troy Mercanti wrestling another man in a violent pub brawl in Perth’s south.

Jessica Evensen

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Perth’s median house price is continuing to rise.

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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.

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

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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

Rebecca Nadge

Keeping it FrenchHalls Family Dairy keeping cheese quintessentially French

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Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

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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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A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes on March 1, 2026.

EnergyWhat an Iran blockade will look like and how it will be done

The move comes as Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz for weeks during the US-Israeli war with the country, a bottleneck that roiled global markets and strained the economy.

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