November
WA black truffles go global as cargo flights become Michelin missions
The delicacies lose 2 per cent to 3 per cent of their weight every day they sit in storage, meaning exporters are beholden to securing reliable deliveries.
- Ayesha de Kretser
October
WA fishermen celebrate end of lobster ban
The end to a years-long trade stand-off with China over rock lobster imports has buoyed WA’s fishing industry.
- Tom Rabe
July
The grassroots campaign targeting a Labor weak spot
Keep The Sheep has raised close to $450,000 since it was founded earlier this year, and is promising to target federal Labor seats in Perth.
- Tom Rabe
Chaney’s live export reversal ‘not motivated by reelection’
Independent member for Curtin Kate Chaney has rejected assertions a last-minute move to oppose the Albanese government’s live export ban was motivated by votes.
- Tom Rabe
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Payman’s position on Gaza is ironic
Readers’ letters on Senator Fatima Payman; migration policy; breaking up supermarket giants; live sheep exports; the demise of coal; and the Downer kiss of death.
- Exclusive
- Federal election
Cattle farmers trying to boost profits at taxpayers’ expense: Labor
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus says the government was not budging on its $215 million offer to settle a decade-old class action.
- Ronald Mizen
Farmers vow to hurt Labor over live sheep export ban
WA farmers will begin doorknocking in marginal Labor-held electorates this week, vowing to make the Albanese government pay for a ban on live sheep exports.
- Tom Rabe and Tom McIlroy
- Opinion
- Letters to the Editor
Payman owes her place in the Senate to Labor
Readers’ letters on Senator Fatima Payman’s stance; how the NDIS drains productivity; misguided calls for a rate rise; why renewables add up; and the need to end live sheep exports.
May
- Exclusive
- Farming
Farmers prepare to go to war with Labor over live sheep trade
A heated meeting between federal Agriculture Minister Murray Watt, the prime minister and senior National Farmers Federation officials last week may mark a low point in relations.
- Andrew Tillett
Australia eyes UK, India for sheep meat trade ahead of live export ban
China, the United Kingdom and India are among countries the Australian government hopes will buy more processed sheep meat after it bans live export.
- Tom Rabe
March
Dry conditions to cost Australian farmers, with grim outlook for wine
Dry conditions and soft international grain prices have led to Australia’s agricultural output dropping by 15 per cent, hitting farm incomes.
- Tom Rabe
February
Government rejects stranded Bahijah’s live export bid
The federal government has given the green light to a second live export ship to travel through the tumultuous Red Sea.
- Tom Rabe
January
Thousands of animals stuck on ship after dock offer from WA rejected
A livestock ship that turned back to Australia due to the Red Sea conflict rejected an offer from the WA government to dock at Fremantle earlier this week.
- Tom Rabe
Rain to soften fall in farm export earnings from record high: forecast
The fall will be largely driven by lower crop export values as global prices for most commodities are expected to decline in 2023-24 due to higher global supply.
- Gus McCubbing
December 2023
Live sheep exports to Saudi Arabia to resume after 12 years
About 5000 sheep will be exported this week, as farmers fight Albanese government moves to shut down the industry.
- Brad Thompson and Tom Rabe
November 2023
AACo maintains workplace is ‘respectful’ amid bully claims
The beef giant, whose shareholders include billionaires Andrew Forrest and Joe Lewis, says it is focused on making the beef giant a “great place” to work.
- Liam Walsh
October 2023
Retiring judge lashes long-running live export case
Cattle farmers have been suing the federal government over a live export ban since 2014 and Justice Steven Rares has described one of the claims in the case “absurd”.
- Ronald Mizen
- Exclusive
- Murray Watt
Bureaucrats accused of plotting to end live sheep trade
Documents released under FOI show bureaucrats have stopped negotiating new deals for sheep exports, despite interest from foreign customers.
- Updated
- Andrew Tillett
September 2023
‘What else do they have to do wrong?’: Canberra Airport chief blasts Qantas
The airport CEO has launched an extraordinary attack on Qantas, accusing the national carrier of deliberately breaching contracts and mistreating its staff and customers.
- Tom Rabe
- Exclusive
- Kuwait
Live sheep ban is ‘futile’, emirate warns Australia
Kuwait’s government has effectively branded a planned ban on Australian sheep exports as unworkable because it will continue to source live animals from elsewhere.
- Andrew Tillett