Angus Verley

Volunteer firefighters from dozens of brigades in north central Victoria will refuse to fight fires at properties hosting renewable energy plants or transmission lines.

Once a rare sight in a shearing shed, women are now working alongside men in one of the toughest jobs in the country. Here's why that's very good news for the industry. 

CFA volunteers in regional Victoria say their decades-old fire trucks are not fit for purpose, and are calling on the state's emergency services minister to provide more funding.

The first product from an Australian cell-cultured meat company has today gone on sale in Singapore, where the Japanese quail cell parfait can be found in high-end restaurants.

A court found the conduct was "intentional" and formed part of "planned or organised criminal activity" to tap into a pipeline and steal 365 megalitres.

VICSES pays earthmoving contractors for emergency flood work in Koondrook after invoices 'overlooked'

Very low prices for wine grapes and low demand is putting excessive pressure on the wine industry, leading to the formation of a government taskforce to report on the challenges faced by Australian growers and winemakers.

Wimmera farmer Mick Morcom is being remembered as humble, empathetic and community-minded.

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Tensions boil over at the Victorian Farmers Federation as its annual general meeting descends into a shouting match and members try again to oust president Emma Germano.