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Charlie Peel is The Australian’s rural reporter, covering agriculture, politics and issues affecting life outside of Australia’s capital cities. He began his career in rural Queensland before joining The Australian in 2017. Since then, Charlie has covered court, crime, state and federal politics and general news. He has reported on cyclones, floods, bushfires, droughts, corporate trials, election campaigns and major sporting events.

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Murrumbidgee River. Picture: visitnsw.com

Farmers fear forced flood easements

Farmers along the Murrumbidgee River in NSW fear they will be forced to allow flood easements on their land.

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A boy runs past a pile of sawn timber at a plywood factory in Hefei, central China's Anhui province 05 August 2006. In the past decade, China's total consumption of wood products increased by 70 percent, and coupled with a booming global trade for various wood products is having a devastating impact on forests and poor forest communities globally, CHINA OUT AFP PHOTO

Call for origin labels on imported timber

About a quarter of timber tested in Australia last year had incorrect species or origin labels. The industry wants new laws to prevent it happening and to support Australian producers.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - August 12, 2024: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry of Australia, Julie Collins during Question Time at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Win for farmers as bill bites the dust

The Albanese government’s so-called ‘fresh food tax’ has been withdrawn from parliament.

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4/12/2023: Sheep farmer Stephen Tully on his property Bunginderry station west of Quilpie, QLD. Tully is talking about the impacts of the mandatory ear tagging rollout. pic: Lyndon Mechielsen/The Australian

Albanese warned over live sheep impact

Experts hired by the Albanese government recommended a 12-year phase out of live sheep exports. Instead, they will be axed in three years.

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SPEAKING UP: More than 86,000 consumers have signed petitions asking for mandatory Country of Origin Labelling for seafood sold in the foodservice industry.

Fishing industry fears broken pledge on seafood

The Albanese government’s promise to make hospitality venues indicate where there seafood came from has not been fulfilled.

Generic images of various steaks served at The Breakfast Creek hotel. Pictures: Jack Tran

Researchers caution against activists’ anti-red meat agenda

The guaranteed benefits of eating red meat outweigh the “low-certainty” evidence used to discourage its consumption, researchers say.

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CANBERRA, Australia - NewsWire Photos - October 14, 2024: Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Julie Collins holds a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

ALP racing clock to fulfil agriculture promises ahead

Of the 22 agriculture-related pledges made by Labor ahead of the 2022 election, seven were completed by November, government briefing notes reveal.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 20: A general view of shipping containers at Port Botany on January 20, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. The Guardian reported that workers at DP World have been involved in industrial action since October 2023. Actions include limited stop-work orders, as the union seeks a 16% pay increase over two years. The stevedore company manages some 40% of container traffic in Australia. A protracted industrial dispute would have severe knock-on effects on supply chains and businesses small and big around the country. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Crippling cargo fees hit grain exports

The competition watchdog says reform may be needed to address ‘market failures’ at Australian ports that are damaging grain farmers and exporters.

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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong shake hands as they meet at the State Department in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2025. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP)

Trade levies ‘can beef up our opportunities’

While most of the world shudders at the prospect of looming tariffs imposed by Donald Trump, some of Australia’s cattle producers see it as a positive opportunity.

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Native forest near Meunna, in Tasmania's Takayna / Tarkine region, due to be logged. These forests were not included for protection in the 2012 forests peace deal. But with trade-off national parks never delivered in full under the deal, even more moderate green groups are now dropping support for the agreement and demanding an end to all native forest logging. Picture: Bob Brown Foundation.

Forest carbon credit plan ‘fundamentally flawed’: researcher

Conservationists say carbon credits are a better source of revenue for state forests than timber, but a leading researcher says it could lead to increased carbon emissions.

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