Uncosted and unfunded: Mobile obligation criticised
Labor’s pre-election pledge promises to deliver basic universal outdoor mobile coverage across Australia. But it has come under fire.
Politics
Trump flags new US tariffs for imported farm products
Farm goods exported to the US will be subject to tariffs from next month. China’s Ministry of Commerce says it will retaliate with a 15 per cent levy on US imports.
‘Outrageous waste’: Government criticised over live export spend
A US-owned advertising company decided where $2.3 million of the live sheep export transition package was spent – and most of it was not aimed at WA.
‘Surging fatalities is a rising trend’
Will Jim Chalmers and Angus Taylor offer a special regional Victorian roads package? With an election only months away, calls are getting louder.
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Government on the hunt for live export phase out ‘advocate’
The role will be a crucial conduit between industry and government, and particularly well remunerated.
‘Evolution rather than revolution’: New Nats leader’s approach
New Victorian Nats’ leader Danny O’Brien has been described as having a “masters’ degree in life experience”. Read about his journey.
‘Mockery’: Great Forest National Park a done deal
The Victorian Government adopted a plan to create the Great Forest National Park back in May, making a “mockery” of the consultation period.
Peter Walsh stands down as leader of the Victorian Nationals
Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh has stood down and will be replaced by shadow roads minister Danny O’Brien.
‘Loophole’ in surveillance laws allows for trespass on farms
A clause has allowed illegally obtained footage captured on farms to be shared publicly but the VFF is pushing to have surveillance laws changed.
Farmers question taxpayer subsidies for electric trucks
The federal government is awarding millions of dollars’ worth of grants to some of Australia’s biggest businesses to purchase new electric trucks.
Pacific Island workers ‘too afraid to return home’
An increasing number of Pacific Islander farm workers are too scared to return home after having extramarital relationships with co-workers.
1000 irrigators offer to sell water
More than 1000 irrigators have offered to sell water to the Albanese government. But there are doubts on how much will be delivered.
One in five new chemical applications not assessed on time
As many as 20 per cent of new chemical applications have not been assessed on time by the APVMA over the past two years.
Cost of Parks Victoria cuts revealed
Parks Victoria is struggling to manage millions of hectares of land but that didn’t stop the Victorian Government from cutting its funding by $95 million.
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