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  2. Brunswick RodeoPremiumThousands attend Inaugural Brunswick Rodeo

  3. POWER MOVESPremiumElders in $475m buyout of Delta Ag

  4. State PoliticsCommentsPremiumNatural disaster victims eligible for $24,000 in urgent fund

  5. LivestockPremiumDrop in sheep and lamb numbers crossing Nullarbor

HARVEST 2024-25 PremiumWoogenellup farmers set for good season despite dry year

It’s high spirits for the Adams and Crosby family, who are expecting to top their five-year average despite the dry season, an outcome Nathan Crosby says “speaks volumes” on how far farming practices have come.

Olivia Ford

WOOLPOLLPremiumWoolPoll vote results in status quo 1.5 per cent

Australian woolgrowers have voted through WoolPoll to keep a levy of 1.5 per cent on their wool sales to fund research, development and marketing of the natural fibre for the next three years.

Bob Garnant

FRESH DATAPremiumFarm debt rises amid ongoing investment in sector

Agricultural debt is rising in Australia according to new figures, up 6 per cent year-on-year to $120.5 billion as farmers look to increase their landholdings.

Adam Poulsen

HARVEST 2024-25 PremiumWA growers deliver 3.2 million tonnes to CBH in one week

WA growers are kicking harvest up a notch, delivering more than 3.2 million tonnes of grain to CBH receival bins across the State in the past seven days — almost a 1.4Mt boost from the previous week’s total. 

Olivia Ford

EMERGENCY RESPONSE PremiumFarmers and truckies call for change to emergency response

Almost a year has passed since an emergency closure of a major highway left several thousand head of livestock stranded, with farmers calling for changes to make sure the same thing does not happen again.

Olivia Ford

Harvest 2024-25PremiumHarvest is Dunne and dusted for Beacon family

Beacon farmer Andrew Dunne has had the help of all four of his sons this harvest for the first time in years, with the family’s 4800ha cropping program now complete.

Rebecca Turner

POLITICSPremiumPremiumWhat does Trump’s second coming mean for Aus agriculture?

American president-elect Donald Trump will be ushering in a new era of international relations, and it will be a waiting game to see what this means for Australian farmers.

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CommentsPremiumPublic safety is at heart of gun reforms

‘Contrary to claims on social media, I am probably more comfortable with firearms than any police minister since Vietnam veteran Graham Edwards in the early 1990s’, writes Paul Papalia.

LIVESTOCK NEWSPremiumPremiumDiscounted eID tags extended to 2025

Sheep producers will now have discounted prices for the 2025 white electronic identification tags, after the Government announced it would extend the WA Tag Incentive Payment for another year.

GRAINPremiumWheat preference testing kicks off in South-East Asia

A new project is under way to better understand wheat quality preferences in Australia’s most valuable wheat export region – South-East Asia.

Rebecca Turner

SEE THE PICTURESPremiumWAFarmers celebrate National Agriculture Day

About 40 WAFarmers board members, staff and key partners enjoyed a tasting afternoon in the Swan Valley to celebrate National Agriculture Day on Friday, November 15.

Rebecca Turner

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Five-minute guide: Everything you need to know about MinRes

ESSENTIAL EXPLAINER: Mineral Resources is arguably the most talked about company in corporate Australia right now, so why is it garnering so much attention? 

Adrian Rauso

Courts & JusticePremium‘I was not Grace’s slave’: Andre Rebelo’s court denial

Andre Rebelo has faced questions over his relationship with his influencer girlfriend Gracie Piscopo and grilled over claims he tried to defraud a life insurance company because he had promised her a windfall.

Tim Clarke

MiningCommentsPremiumIs a male backlash thwarting change for women at Rio?

Rio’s efforts to fix culture issues in the past two years have left some men feeling ‘undervalued or overlooked’ against their women peers, and of the belief that there is reverse discrimination at play.

Simone Grogan and Caitlyn Rintoul

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Rogue builder’s new life as ‘shrink’ under scrutiny

Rogue builder Danny Coyne has caught the attention of authorities over his new occupation as a psychologist treating addicts and other vulnerable patients.

John Flint

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Judge lashes parents found guilty of starving daughter

A mother found guilty of starving her ballerina daughter has copped an extraordinary spray from the trial judge for traumatising the victim by calling her as a defence witness.

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Courts & JusticePremiumREVEALED: How much Gracie Piscopo owed in tax

The tax debts of uber-influencer Gracie Piscopo – whose ex-partner Andre Rebelo stands accused of killing his mother for money – have been laid bare in court.

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WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth’s future is so bright you have to wear VR goggles

Flying cars, four-day work weeks, 3D printed homes, school lessons in the metaverse and a shift away from WA’s mining-based economy. Welcome to Perth in 2050.

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PremiumPedestrian killed in deadly rampage by machete-wielding man

A pedestrian has been killed in a deadly rampage by a machete-wielding assailant who inflicted terror on innocent residents with young children in his car.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumParents saw starving girl as their ‘beautiful ballerina’

The girl was about to turn 17 when she was hospitalised in April 2021 weighing only 28.1kg, then taken into State care the following day after the couple challenged some of the medical treatment.

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SEE THE PICTURESPremiumWAFarmers celebrate National Agriculture Day

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YellowfieldsPremiumInaugural Yellowfields Festival wows crowds in Nabawa

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Solar farm PremiumSolar farm operational in Norseman

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POWER MOVESPremiumElders in $475m buyout of Delta Ag

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If you want to live longer and feel more fulfilled you probably don’t need lasers or freezers. There’s a lot you can do today at little to no cost that will extend your life and increase your happiness.

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CNBC newsKindergartens become care homes in demographic crisis

Plagued by shrinking birth rates and a rapidly ageing population, tens of thousands of Chinese kindergartens have scaled back operations, closed down entirely or pivoted industries to survive.

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CNBC newsCommentsChina’s industrial profits plunge

China’s industrial profits in September dropped at its fastest pace since the pandemic, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.

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CNBC newsWhy Maccas is holding the onions on Quarter Pounders

The famed burger is back on sale in the US as authorities investigate the source of an outbreak of a deadly E. coli outbreak.

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Grain

Harvest 2024-25PremiumHarvest is Dunne and dusted for Beacon family

Rebecca Turner

GRAINPremiumWheat preference testing kicks off in South-East Asia

Rebecca Turner

HARVEST 2024-25 PremiumWA growers deliver 3.2 million tonnes to CBH in one week

Olivia Ford

HARVEST 2024-25 PremiumWoogenellup farmers set for good season despite dry year

Olivia Ford

Livestock

LIVESTOCK NEWSPremiumDiscounted eID tags extended to 2025

Olivia Ford

LIVE EXPORT BANPremiumGrants open for sheep industry transition support package

Olivia Ford

TOP WOOL CANDIDATEPremiumOngerup’s Taite O’Neill top pick for wool innovation program

Hannah Whitehead

CourtPremiumHowatharra animal cruelty offender out on home detention

Matthew Paddick

Wool

TOP WOOL CANDIDATEPremiumOngerup’s Taite O’Neill top pick for wool innovation program

Hannah Whitehead

AWI chairman’s reportAWI annual general meeting: Industry challenges sway vote

Bob Garnant

WOOLPremiumWA woolgrowers opt for 1.5 per cent levy option

Bob Garnant

WOOLPOLLPremiumWoolPoll vote results in status quo 1.5 per cent

Bob Garnant

Politics

POLITICSPremiumWhat does Trump’s second coming mean for Aus agriculture?

Olivia Ford

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumNatural disaster victims eligible for $24,000 in urgent fund

Dylan Caporn

AIRLINE LASHPremium“Paying the price for their incompetence”: mayor on Rex debt

Melissa Sheil

KEPT ALIGHTPremiumGov offers Rex $80m lifeline in wake of deadline change

Melissa Sheil

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Machinery

MACHINERYPremiumAg industry welcomes $900m productivity carrot to States

Olivia Ford

MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGYPremiumTractor sales still down despite ‘signs of improvement’

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MACHINERY AND TECHNOLOGYWagin grain grower maximises new spray tech

Staff reporter

MACHINERYPremiumGreeneye Tech’s Precision spraying trials coming here

Ezra Kaye

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AG EVENTSPremiumMingenew Expo taking a ‘breather’ but the show will go on

Olivia Ford

AGRICULTURE SHOWS PremiumMingenew Midwest Expo cancelled for 2025

Olivia Ford

Show timePremiumSpirits high as 93rd Waroona Show approaches

Craig Duncan

Newdegate Machinery Field DaysPremiumWoolly designs get warm reception at Newdegate

Rebecca Turner

Horticulture

RIPE AND READY Premium2023-24 marks record avocado production for WA

Olivia Ford

INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITIONPremiumAustralian professor receives prestigious award

Sofia Fimognari

RetailGrocery giants allegedly dumping Italian tinned tomatoes

Neale Prior

MANJIMUP WINNERPremiumYoung Manjimup farmer 2024 WA Rural Ambassador

Anjelica Smilovitis

Finance & Markets

FRESH DATAPremiumFarm debt rises amid ongoing investment in sector

Adam Poulsen

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSLambs cross border as WA feedlots fail to contend with east

Rob Kelly

Beyond the SaleyardsWA sheep market flat

Rob Kelly

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSStore and trade lamb increase putting pressure on

Olivia Ford

Opinion

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FIREARMS LAWSCommentsPremium
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Public safety is at heart of gun reforms

Paul Papalia

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SCHOOL BUSESPremium
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Rural lifelines are threatened by Government cost cutting

Trevor Whittington

FUTURE OF WORKERSAre our farm service reps being made redundant?

Trevor Whittington

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MachineryCommentsPremium
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Middlemen exist only if you allow them to

Trevor Whittington

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SEE THE PICTURESPremiumFangs on the Farm premiere

Bob Garnant

YellowfieldsPremiumInaugural Yellowfields Festival wows crowds in Nabawa

Matthew Paddick

Operation Regional ShieldPremiumPolice launch regional summer crime crackdown in Geraldton

Kate Campbell

Suspicious BehaviourPremiumGS top fire chief slams deliberately lit bushfires

Georgia Campion