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Cattle farmers have reacted angrily to US tariffs on Australian beef.

Trump’s beef attack rejected by top Australian biosecurity experts

American farmers are calling for their beef exports to be welcomed into Australia, but their imports are the problem.

  • Mike Foley and James Massola

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Cattle farmer Fiona Conroy at her farm in St Leonards.

Cattle farmers would rather cop Trump’s tariffs than diseases from American beef

Farmers have reacted defiantly as the US president singled out Australia’s beef in his trade crackdown as Albanese and Dutton say they would never compromise biosecurity.

  • Mike Foley, Angus Delaney and Jessica McSweeney
Only three numbers matter to Donald Trump: the average US tariff rate on other countries is 3 per cent; Europe’s is 5 per cent; and China’s is 10 per cent.

Farmers warned to brace for 10 per cent tariffs as Trump targets $7b industry

President Donald Trump is expected to impose tariffs on $7 billion worth of Australian farm produce which enters the United States each year.

  • David Crowe, Mike Foley, Michael Koziol and Shane Wright
US President Donald Trump.

What’s next for tariffs? Trump’s beef with Australia could threaten our biggest US export

The US president is eyeing a new wave of tariffs that could hit Australia, but this time the impact could be devastating for local families and businesses.

  • Mike Foley and Millie Muroi
Fish kills have caused a stink for the Tasmanian salmon industry.

Thousands of dead fish, a $37m federal promise and an animal close to extinction: Australia’s ‘salmon war’ gets ugly

A major fish kill in the waters of south-east Tasmania has raised tensions just as the prime minister has backed the industry.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Maryland farmer Ned Dykes, 80, sells out of about 400 dozen eggs by midday at the Dupont Circle market each Sunday.

Trump vowed to reduce inflation. Eggs didn’t get the memo

Across the US, a scarcity of eggs caused primarily by a bad strain of bird flu has sent prices skyrocketing and made them tricky to find.

  • Michael Koziol
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven nuclear power stations across the country, which according to government data would use more water than the existing coal plants.

Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan

The Albanese government has released modelling to attack Peter Dutton’s energy plan, warning farmers will have to give up water to nuclear reactors.

  • Mike Foley
Feral rabbits are a damaging pest.

Why Australia’s 200m wild rabbit population could soon explode

Scientists have battled the damaging feral pest for decades with world-leading efforts, but that is set to change.

  • Mike Foley
A group called Save Perth Hills Water has surfaced to tackle concerns around commercial water extraction in the region.

Tensions over water extraction in Perth Hills bubble to the surface

A fresh bid to sell groundwater drawn from a bore in the Perth Hills has reignited a campaign in the community.

  • Claire Ottaviano
A portrait of Ron Greentree, a farmer and former chairman of GrainCorp, in 2013.

Record fine for farmer who illegally bulldozed woodland

The NSW Land and Environment Court has imposed $2.1 million in fines for eight offences, with half to be paid by high-profile farmer Ron Greentree.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons

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