Female representation lagging on ag boards
Analysis shows shows women make up 26.8 per cent of the average agribusiness board in Australia. See the full breakdown of 89 businesses across the country.
Investigations
Swift price rise in good times
Many Australians blame food for the rise in the cost of living, but entertainment costs have nearly tripled in the past half-century.
Revealed: Why food prices are getting cheaper, not dearer
The rising cost of food seems to go hand-in-hand with talks of inflation, but new figures tell a different story.
Lack of control over stockfeed quality poses big risk to producers
Farmers are being hung out to dry when it comes to issues over stockfeed quality, with confusion among government authorities exposing a concerning regulatory gap.
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Ridley in stockfeed contamination dispute
A Gippsland farming family have taken legal action against Australia’s largest stockfeed company, alleging they were sold pellets that killed their cows. Graphic warning.
Ag bureaucrat quits after activist links confirmed
A senior agriculture bureaucrat has resigned from her federal government job, after an investigation sparked by The Weekly Times confirmed her connections to controversial animal activist group Aussie Farms.
Aussie Farms stripped of charity status
Aussie Farms has been stripped of its charity status after The Weekly Times revealed the group’s website promoted 105 farm invasions when it was granted the status.
Ag official stood down over animal activist websites
A Weekly Times investigation reveals an agriculture official co-owns websites that seek donations to fund farm trespass and theft, after a federal investigation failed to uncover the links.
Mario’s dark side emerges in trail of bankruptcies, AVOs
In the wake of GrainPro’s collapse, a Weekly Times investigation reveals much about Mario Pio Bonfante — the man at the centre of it all.
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