Kate Dowler

Western Australia is the latest state to move to mandate the use of pain relief products when mulesing sheep to manage flystrike.

Farmers and rural transporters fear the federal government may “cop out” and move to reduce speed limits on country roads, instead of investing in the future of rural transport networks.

A new National Food Security Strategy plan could have environmental protection goals at its core rather than boosting farm output, if advice from influential conservation lobbyists is adopted by the federal government.

A leading environmental law academic says a lack of high integrity programs in Australia’s carbon credit offset market was allowing big polluters to continue polluting, while exposing landholders to risk.

The minister leading Australia’s transition to renewable energy has acknowledged the roll out is creating “real issues” in rural communities across the nation, while promising to address the challenges.

Update Thursday, August 28

The term “grassroots champion” can often be overplayed - but in the case of Wallacedale farmer Leonie Bell, it’s the perfect description for a humble and hardworking woman who has helped raise the profile of community sport in her rural district.

A new group of CFA volunteers is running a stock drive to raise funds to fight Premier Jacinta Allan’s emergency services tax, with an aim to get her “booted out” at the next election.

The federal government is forging ahead with developing a food security plan to safeguard what it considers a “national asset”.

Australia’s red meat industry does not need to get methane emissions down to zero and the sector’s target of being carbon neutral by 2030 was always “unrealistic”.